Another Quarter of Double-Digit Growth for the Worldwide Storage Software Market, According to IDC.FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, the worldwide storage software market grew 10.2% year over year to $2.4 billion in the first quarter of 2006, marking ten consecutive quarters of double-digit year-over-year growth. "The storage software market has maintained a steady pace of growth driven by increased attention to data protection and business continuance The adjournment or postponement of an action pending in a court to a later date of the same or another session of the court, granted by a court in response to a motion made by a party to a lawsuit. planning," said Rhoda Phillips, research manager for IDC storage software. "Businesses are concerned about their expanding information storage requirements and will continue to make investments to meet these needs." In the first quarter of 2006, the storage replication market demonstrated a 15.2% year-over-year growth. In addition the smaller but fast-growing archive and HSM (1) (Hierarchical Storage Management) The automatic movement of files from hard disk to slower, less-expensive storage media. The typical hierarchy is from magnetic disk to optical disc to tape. market posted a 30.2% year-over-year growth. EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. led the overall market this quarter with 25.4% revenue share in the first quarter of 2006. Symantec took the second position with 20.1% revenue share, while IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) finished in the third position with 12.6% revenue share. Network Appliance (1) A specialized device for use on a network. For example, Web servers, cache servers and file servers can be implemented as general-purpose computers with the appropriate software or as network appliances, which are computers dedicated to a single function and cannot do anything finished in the fourth position with 7.6% revenue share. Computer Associates and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie with 5.5% and 5.4% revenue share, respectively. Three out of the top 5 vendors (IBM, Computer Associates, and Network Appliance) posted robust results with more than 30% year-over-year revenue growth each.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Storage Software Revenue, First Quarter of
2006
(Revenues are in Millions)
Revenue
1Q06 Market 1Q05 Market Growth
Vendor Revenue Share Revenue Share 1Q06/1Q05
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EMC $605 25.4% $629 29.2% -3.9%
Symantec $478 20.1% $455 21.1% 5.0%
IBM $299 12.6% $212 9.8% 41.3%
Network Appliance $181 7.6% $137 6.3% 32.0%
Computer Associates $132 5.5% $99 4.6% 33.6%
Hewlett-Packard $129 5.4% $132 6.1% -1.9%
Others $555 23.3% $495 22.9% 12.2%
All Vendors $2,379 100.0% $2,158 100.0% 10.2%
Note: Symantec is reported as the combined entity of Symantec and
VERITAS prior to 3Q05 and includes KVS revenue starting with 3Q05.
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, June 12,
2006
IDC has updated its storage software taxonomy taxonomy: see classification. taxonomy In biology, the classification of organisms into a hierarchy of groupings, from the general to the particular, that reflect evolutionary and usually morphological relationships: kingdom, phylum, class, order, to reflect changes in the market over the last several years. For 2006, the storage software taxonomy includes eight functional markets: data protection and recovery, archive and hierarchical storage management See HSM. (HSM) (including email archiving See e-mail archiving. ), storage replication, storage management, storage device management, storage infrastructure, file system, and "other". IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker is a quantitative tool for analyzing the global storage software market. This Tracker counts new license and maintenance revenues quarterly and provides data segmentations by vendor, submarket, functional product family, and region. It further characterizes the storage resource management (SRM (1) (Storage Resource Management) The management of the storage resources in an organization in order to avoid duplication of files and to determine space utilization across all servers. ) and storage replication markets by the execution location of the software within the host, fabric, appliance or storage system. For more information about this product, please contact Hoang Nguyen at 508-935-4718 or hnguyen@idc.com. About IDC IDC is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. IDC helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community make fact-based decisions on technology purchases and business strategy. Over 850 IDC analysts in 50 countries provide global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends. For more than 42 years, IDC has provided strategic insights to help our clients achieve their key business objectives. IDC is a subsidiary of IDG IDG International Data Group IDG Integrated Drive Generator IDG Installation Design Guide IDG Internet Discussion Group IDG Inset Dielectric Guide IDG International Dangerous Goods (mail, shipping) , the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. You can learn more about IDC by visiting www.idc.com. All product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. |
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