Huawei named a Leader in Gartner’s 2026 infrastructure services Magic Quadrant
Huawei has been placed in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services. The company says it is the only Chinese supplier, and the only supplier outside North America, to receive that position among three Leaders worldwide.
- Huawei was placed in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner’s 2026 Magic Quadrant.
- The company says it is the only Chinese and non-North American supplier among three worldwide Leaders.
- Huawei DCS integrates storage, computing, networking, virtualization, data and AI, and management.
- More than 15,000 customers in more than 170 countries and regions use Huawei DCS.
- The platform includes eSphere, ModelEngine, Nexent, OceanStor and iMaster DME.
Gartner evaluates infrastructure platform providers
Gartner, a research and advisory firm covering business and technology, published the 2026 Magic Quadrant for Infrastructure Platform Consumption Services on November 10, 2026, according to Huawei’s announcement.
The report evaluates suppliers on their capabilities in IT infrastructure platforms, service-oriented delivery and operational management. Huawei says the recognition reflects its approach to combining storage, computing, networking, virtualization, data and AI, and intelligent management capabilities in a single architecture.
Huawei highlights its DCS architecture
Huawei’s DCS data center solution is based on 18 years of technical expertise, according to the company. Its eSphere virtualization technology is designed to pool and allocate storage, computing and networking resources efficiently.
The platform also includes the ModelEngine model platform and the Nexent agent platform. Huawei says these tools help customers accelerate the deployment of models and agent applications.
OceanStor data storage supports high performance, reliability and scalability. It supports multiple standard protocols, including block, file and object protocols. Huawei also describes data protection capabilities including same-city active-active configurations, remote disaster recovery and multilayer ransomware protection.
More than 15,000 customers use Huawei DCS
Huawei’s unified iMaster DME management platform provides storage, computing and other resources as services. The company says it gives customers an “AgenticOps experience,” using the term in its announcement.
Huawei says DCS has been selected by more than 15,000 customers in more than 170 countries and regions. Those customers include organizations in government, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and telecommunications.
What the recognition means for Huawei’s platform
The Gartner placement gives Huawei’s integrated infrastructure offering a prominent position in a market assessment focused on platform capabilities, service delivery and operations. Huawei says it will continue to put customer needs at the center of its work and collaborate with ecosystem partners.
The company’s stated aim is to help enterprises build efficient and reliable IT infrastructures, improve service delivery and raise operational efficiency as they adopt intelligent technologies. The announcement does not provide Gartner’s individual evaluation scores or explain the criteria behind the position in further detail.
