Storage Hardware Market Growth, from IDC About RSS Feeds

According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker published in September 2007, worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues in the second quarter of 2007 grew 6.2% from a year ago to $4.3 billion, marking 18 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $6.1 billion up 5.9% from the prior year's quarter. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped grew 50.1% from a year-ago quarter, reaching 1.2 exabytes.

In terms of market share, EMC leads in the external disk storage systems market with 21.4% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM in a statistical tie for the number 2 position with 14.4% and 13.6% revenue share, respectively. Dell and Hitachi rounded out the top 5 with 9.4% and 8.1%, respectively.

Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, 2Q07

Top Storage Hardware Vendors, by 2Q07 Market Share