Storage industry analyst firm DCIG has named Infinidat’s InfiniGuard® as one of the world’s TOP 5 cyber resilient 3PB+ purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) solutions for enterprises, 2026/27. The DCIG TOP 5 report recognizes the InfiniGuard system for its capabilities to “accelerate backup ingest, high-throughput restore operations, and cyber resilient recovery workflows.” The InfiniGuard solution guarantees the recovery of an immutable snapshot of any sized dataset or backup repository in 20 minutes or less. The report entitled “2026-27 DCIG TOP 5 Cyber Resilient Purpose-built Backup Appliances (PBBAs) 3PB+ Logical Global Edition” is now available.

“Our InfiniGuard solution provides unparalleled speed and reliability for enterprise backup, restore, and cyber storage resilience,” said Eric Herzog, CMO at Infinidat, a Lenovo company. “We’re excited to see the InfiniGuard continue to be recognized as one of the top purpose-built backup appliances in the world. InfiniGuard is built on the foundation of our award-winning InfiniBox enterprise storage platform, and it comes with the power of our full InfiniSafe cyber resilience software suite and our unique, machine learning-driven Neural Cache technology.”

Recognizing Infinidat’s high-performance enterprise backup architecture for the InfiniGuard, the DCIG report states, “Neural Cache technology essentially functions as a ‘smart memory system’ that tracks backup patterns. It learns how enterprises backup and restore data, so it can make future restores much faster.”

Jerome Wendt, Principal Analyst at DCIG, said:

“Cyber resilience and fast recoveries are now differentiators for PBBAs, and Infinidat’s InfiniGuard PBBA excels in both. As cyberattacks, such as ransomware and malware, increase and become more sophisticated, the advanced features of an InfiniGuard are highly fitting for a recovery-first, cyber resilient strategy to be effective. Our DCIG TOP 5 Cyber Resilient PBBA 3PB+ analysis affirmed that the InfiniGuard is well-suited for enterprises that must protect growing backup repositories while minimizing operational complexity and downtime.”

The continuous increase in cyberattacks and more sophisticated security threats has turned PBBAs from once being simply “storage add-ons” to now being part of essential, front-and-center lines of cyber defense.

Cyber Storage Resilience Built into the InfiniGuard

The DCIG report delves into the differentiating factors that make InfiniGuard special as a cyber storage resilient PBBA, including:

• Cyber storage resilient immutable backup architecture ─ DCIG emphasizes the guaranteed recovery of 20 minutes or less, regardless of the size of the backup repository. The analyst report explains the building blocks for rapid recovery, “InfiniSafe Cyber Stack provides immutable snapshots tied to retention policies, logical air-gapped protection, and fenced forensic network environments.” InfiniSafe® is included in the InfiniGuard solution at no extra charge
• High-performance enterprise backup architecture ─ DCIG highlights the underlying technologies as InfiniGuard’s foundation. The report states, “These technologies include multiple active data deduplication engines (DDEs), large flash cache resources, and machine learning-assisted Neural Cache technology. These three technologies specifically contribute to improving backups and accelerating restores.”
• High-throughput NetBoost accelerated backup operations ─ DCIG touts the system’s backup throughput. The report says, “The InfiniGuard B4312 delivers up to 180TB per hour of logical backup throughput using inline deduplication and NetBoost acceleration technologies.”
• Large-scale consolidation and storage efficiency ─ DCIG calls out how Infinidat equips enterprises to consolidate multiple backup environments onto a single InfiniGuard. The report states, “The InfiniGuard B4312 scales to support up to 50PB+ of effective backup capacity utilizing inline variable-length deduplication and compression technologies.”

To download the DCIG report, click here.

Infinidat, a Lenovo company, is a global leader in high-end enterprise storage solutions. Infinidat offers a broad portfolio of cyber resilient enterprise storage solutions and next generation data protection capabilities for AI-ready data infrastructures. Infinidat has redefined high-end enterprise storage, delivering exceptional performance, 100% availability, cyber storage resilience, automation, efficiency, and white glove service. For more information, explore www.infinidat.com.