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Analyst Corner
External Controller-based Disk Storage Market Grew 3% in Q2 2007
Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue totaled USD 3.7 billion in the second quarter of 2007, a 3.3 per cent increase over the same period in 2006, according to Gartner, Inc.
EMC maintained the No. 1 spot overall, finishing the quarter at 25.2 per cent market share. IBM was in second place with 14.8 per cent of the market followed by Hewlett-Packard with 13.8 per cent.
Dell improved its market share to secure the No. 4 spot with 9.2 per cent share, overtaking both Hitachi/HDS and NetApp. Dell showed the strongest growth year-over-year among the top-tier vendors, with 25.1 per cent revenue growth for the quarter. Hitachi/HDS slipped one spot, ending the quarter in the No. 5 position with 8.2 per cent of the market. NetApp slipped to No. 6 with a market share of 7.8 per cent.
Sun Microsystems rounded out the top vendors, remaining in the No. 7 spot with 4.8 per cent market share. The “Others” vendors increased their share of the market by 8.2 per cent year-over-year, accounting for 16.2 per cent of worldwide revenue in the second quarter.
The Asia-Pacific region increased its revenue by 19 per cent year-over-year. “The Asia-Pacific region continues to show great growth opportunities for the disk array storage market,” said Donna Taylor, principal analyst for Gartner’s global Storage Quarterly Statistics programme.
The North American region, comprised of the United States and Canada, grew its revenue by 4.5 per cent year over year. “Even in an otherwise mature marketplace, rules and regulations in the financial service segments and healthcare have helped drive growth in the region,” Taylor said.
Gartner external controller-based disk storage reports reflect hardware only revenue, as well as hardware revenue associated with financial leases and managed services. Optional storage software revenue and storage area network infrastructure components are excluded.
Additional information on the ECB disk storage market is available in the Gartner Dataquest report “Market Share: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, All Countries, 1Q05-2Q07." The report includes vendor market share by data access method, price band, channel and operating system segmentation. The report is available on Gartner’s Web site.
EMC maintained the No. 1 spot overall, finishing the quarter at 25.2 per cent market share. IBM was in second place with 14.8 per cent of the market followed by Hewlett-Packard with 13.8 per cent.
Dell improved its market share to secure the No. 4 spot with 9.2 per cent share, overtaking both Hitachi/HDS and NetApp. Dell showed the strongest growth year-over-year among the top-tier vendors, with 25.1 per cent revenue growth for the quarter. Hitachi/HDS slipped one spot, ending the quarter in the No. 5 position with 8.2 per cent of the market. NetApp slipped to No. 6 with a market share of 7.8 per cent.
Sun Microsystems rounded out the top vendors, remaining in the No. 7 spot with 4.8 per cent market share. The “Others” vendors increased their share of the market by 8.2 per cent year-over-year, accounting for 16.2 per cent of worldwide revenue in the second quarter.
The Asia-Pacific region increased its revenue by 19 per cent year-over-year. “The Asia-Pacific region continues to show great growth opportunities for the disk array storage market,” said Donna Taylor, principal analyst for Gartner’s global Storage Quarterly Statistics programme.
The North American region, comprised of the United States and Canada, grew its revenue by 4.5 per cent year over year. “Even in an otherwise mature marketplace, rules and regulations in the financial service segments and healthcare have helped drive growth in the region,” Taylor said.
Gartner external controller-based disk storage reports reflect hardware only revenue, as well as hardware revenue associated with financial leases and managed services. Optional storage software revenue and storage area network infrastructure components are excluded.
Additional information on the ECB disk storage market is available in the Gartner Dataquest report “Market Share: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, All Countries, 1Q05-2Q07." The report includes vendor market share by data access method, price band, channel and operating system segmentation. The report is available on Gartner’s Web site.
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