{"id":151,"date":"2006-12-07T19:57:19","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T03:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.formtek.com\/blog\/?p=151"},"modified":"2006-12-07T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2006-12-08T03:57:19","slug":"storage-storage-market-continues-rapid-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/storage-storage-market-continues-rapid-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Storage:  Storage Market Continues Rapid Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An <a title=\"IDC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.idc.com\" target=\"_blank\">IDC<\/a> <a title=\"IDC report on storage markets\" href=\"http:\/\/idc.com\/getdoc.jsp;jsessionid=FUJ1TZHZDA1OSCQJAFICFFAKBEAUMIWD?containerId=prUS20457106\" target=\"_blank\">report<\/a> shows the Storage market continued to be hot in 2006Q3.\u00a0 Fueling the growth,\u00a0the report\u00a0cites four factors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consolidation of Data because of server virtualization<\/li>\n<li>Branch office consolidation<\/li>\n<li>Trend of organizations to retain more information, such as for Regulatory Compliance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The storage market has had 14 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth.\u00a0 783 petabytes of storage were shipped, up\u00a0over 50% from what was shipped\u00a0one year ago.\u00a0 The total market grew 9.9% to $4.3 billion.\u00a0 Ovedall there was an increase in average system size and price for systems in the $50,000 &#8211; $300,000 range.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HP is the leading vendor, followed by IBM, EMC, Dell and Hitachi.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">Vendor\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">3Q06 Revenue\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">Market Share\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">3Q05 Revenue\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">Market Share\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"top\">\n<p align=\"center\">3Q06\/3Q05 Revenue Growth\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">HP<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,406\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">22.7%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,344\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">23.4%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">4.7%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">IBM<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,250\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">20.2%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,166\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">20.3%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">7.2%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">EMC<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$927\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">15.0%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$786\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">13.7%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">18.0%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">Dell<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$507\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">8.2%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$482\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">8.4%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">5.0%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">Hitachi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$348\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">5.6%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$332\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">5.8%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">4.8%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">Others<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,747\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">28.2%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$1,622\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">28.3%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">7.7%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 116px\" valign=\"bottom\">All Vendors<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 78px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$6,186\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 72px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">100.0%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 76px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">$5,733\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">100.0%\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 92px\" valign=\"bottom\">\n<p align=\"right\">7.9%\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><!--83c3084a7dc456f2ff3914206ee4b8af--><\/p>\n<div class=\"lightsocial_container\"><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fformtek.com%2Fblog%2Fstorage-storage-market-continues-rapid-growth%2F&amp;title=\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lightsocial_img\" src=\"https:\/\/formtek.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/light-social\/digg.png\" alt=\"Digg This\" title=\"Digg This\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"lightsocial_element\"><a class=\"lightsocial_a\" 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