Every few months a new round of headlines declares that the global AI bubble is about to burst.
Gartner’s newly published Magic Quadrant for Document Management landed in late April 2026, with the leading analyst firm evaluating 16 document management vendors based on Ability to Execute and Completeness of Vision.
For years, the economics of storage felt reassuringly predictable. Performance improved, cost per terabyte slowly declined, and refresh cycles stayed broadly manageable. Now, as AI investment accelerates, we are all set to pay the price distortion, the likes of which we have not really seen before.
Well, that didn't take long.
All editors rush to chase the next technology, the next AI capability, the next automation breakthrough. But every so often, though, you get to detail a project that brings you back to why document management exists in the first place.
All editors rush to chase the next technology, the next AI capability, the next automation breakthrough. But every so often, though, you get to detail a project that makes you stop, reflect and brings you back to why document management exists in the first place.
At the time of writing, England are still in the FIFA World Cup, with the US ‘soccer dream’ having lapsed some rounds prior despite some questionable red card interventions.
BY DAVID TYLER EDITOR
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