The future of many organizations will be driven by insights unearthed by AI, and IT organizations need to deploy data and storage infrastructure capable of unlocking these insights. IT orgs also need to do this across their entire environment securely and with consistent operations. Therefore, they will require comprehensive levels of built-in security and hybrid cloud support. All of these aspects are now must-have features in modern storage environments. As SMBs increasingly rely on IT to be the leader for the business in both growth and customer engagement, the usage of storage technology that has built-in functionality to improve security and better support AI is crucial to success.