IDC recently released its Q3 2010 report on the storage software market, and there weren’t any changes on the leader board in terms of the top six vendors’ market shares in Q3 vs. Q2. EMC is still in the top spot with a 24.4% market share on revenue of $768 million in the third quarter.
Pure-play software vendor Symantec held on to its #2 ranking with a 16.5% share on revenue of $518 million, followed by IBM (13.4%) with revenue of $421 million and NetApp (8.4%) with $263 million.
The race is a bit tighter for fifth and sixth place, with CA (3.3%) pulling in $104 million and edging out #6 HP (3.2%, $99 million).
As was the case in the disk array market in the third quarter, the real winner appears to be NetApp, which experienced a growth rate of 19.8% in Q3 2010 vs. Q3 2009. EMC had the second highest growth rate at 13.9%. HP was the only vendor to have negative growth (-9.4%).
The overall storage software market racked up $3.1 billion in revenue, for a growth rate of 8.7% over the same quarter a year ago and a 6.3% boost over the previous quarter, according to Laura DuBois, IDC’s program vice president, storage software.
In terms of storage market segment growth, the top three were storage infrastructure (+37.3% year-over-year), archiving (+12%) and data protection and recovery (+10.7%).
DuBois notes that the big boost in storage infrastructure can be attributed largely to increased spending on automated storage tiering. Other segments of the storage software market include replication, storage management, device management, and file systems.
For more info, see IDC’s press release: “Storage Software Market Continues on Its Growth Trajectory in the Third Quarter”
Related blog post: “Disk arrays: NetApp, HP duke it out for #3 spot”
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Top 6 storage software vendors
September 16, 2010 -- There hasn't been much change over the last year in terms of market shares for the Top 6 storage software vendors.
IDC recently released its quarterly report on the market, and EMC held on to its #1 ranking with a 24.4% market share on Q2 2010 revenue of $722 million, followed by Symantec at #2 (16.5% share, $488 in revenue), #3 IBM (13.9%, $410 million) and #4 NetApp (8.7%, $256 million).
Rounding out the Top 6 were CA and HP in a statistical tie. CA had a 3.6% market share on revenue of $108 million, and HP had a 3.3% share with revenue of $97 million. The only change in the lineup between Q2 2010 and Q2 2009 was a switch in positions between CA and HP.
In terms of revenue growth over the last 12 months, there were four gainers and two losers. Gainers included EMC (+13.3%), IBM (+10.6%), NetApp (+6%) and CA (+2%). Symantec (-6.9%) and HP (-10.3%) declined year-over-year.
Overall, the storage software market hit almost $3 billion in the second quarter, a 3.3% growth vs. the same period a year ago.
IDC segments the storage software market into eight product categories. Of those, the segments experiencing the most growth over the last year included storage infrastructure (+12.7%), archiving (+8.2%), storage management (+5.8%), and data protection and recovery (+4.9%).
For more details, see IDC's press release, "Storage Software Market Delivers Continued Growth in the Second Quarter."
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The Top 5 array vendors: HP #4, Dell #5
IDC recently released its quarterly report on the market, and EMC held on to its #1 ranking with a 24.4% market share on Q2 2010 revenue of $722 million, followed by Symantec at #2 (16.5% share, $488 in revenue), #3 IBM (13.9%, $410 million) and #4 NetApp (8.7%, $256 million).
Rounding out the Top 6 were CA and HP in a statistical tie. CA had a 3.6% market share on revenue of $108 million, and HP had a 3.3% share with revenue of $97 million. The only change in the lineup between Q2 2010 and Q2 2009 was a switch in positions between CA and HP.
In terms of revenue growth over the last 12 months, there were four gainers and two losers. Gainers included EMC (+13.3%), IBM (+10.6%), NetApp (+6%) and CA (+2%). Symantec (-6.9%) and HP (-10.3%) declined year-over-year.
Overall, the storage software market hit almost $3 billion in the second quarter, a 3.3% growth vs. the same period a year ago.
IDC segments the storage software market into eight product categories. Of those, the segments experiencing the most growth over the last year included storage infrastructure (+12.7%), archiving (+8.2%), storage management (+5.8%), and data protection and recovery (+4.9%).
For more details, see IDC's press release, "Storage Software Market Delivers Continued Growth in the Second Quarter."
Related blog post:
The Top 5 array vendors: HP #4, Dell #5
Friday, June 11, 2010
Storage software market: CommVault grows revenues 25% y-o-y
June 11, 2010 – Revenue performance in the storage software market was lackluster in the first quarter of this year, although the market did exceed $3 billion – a 7.2% growth over the same quarter last year. Given the sorry state of IT spending a year ago, that qualifies as lackluster.
In contrast, the external disk array market posted year-over-year growth of 18.8% in the first quarter (see “Disk array SmackDown: NetApp vs. IBM, Dell vs. HP”).
With a few exceptions, storage software vendors posted modest revenue growth in Q1 2010 vs. Q1 2009: EMC (13.7% revenue growth), IBM (11%), NetApp (8.1%), CA (7.2%) and HP (8.7%). The only vendor posting negative growth was Symantec, with a slight 0.5% drop.
EMC topped the list with a 23% market share on Q1 revenue of $696 million, followed by Symantec (17.5% market share), IBM (14.2%), NetApp (8.3%), and CA and HP in a virtual tie with 3.9% and 3.5% market shares, respectively.
But the most impressive numbers came in the data protection and recovery segment of the overall storage software market, where EMC racked up revenue growth of 46.6% and CommVault, although it didn’t crack the top six vendors list, increased revenue by an impressive 24.9% in the first quarter vs. the same period a year ago.
For IDC’s full press release and more stats, see “Storage Software Market Delivers Good Growth and Continues Signs of Recovery.”
In contrast, the external disk array market posted year-over-year growth of 18.8% in the first quarter (see “Disk array SmackDown: NetApp vs. IBM, Dell vs. HP”).
With a few exceptions, storage software vendors posted modest revenue growth in Q1 2010 vs. Q1 2009: EMC (13.7% revenue growth), IBM (11%), NetApp (8.1%), CA (7.2%) and HP (8.7%). The only vendor posting negative growth was Symantec, with a slight 0.5% drop.
EMC topped the list with a 23% market share on Q1 revenue of $696 million, followed by Symantec (17.5% market share), IBM (14.2%), NetApp (8.3%), and CA and HP in a virtual tie with 3.9% and 3.5% market shares, respectively.
But the most impressive numbers came in the data protection and recovery segment of the overall storage software market, where EMC racked up revenue growth of 46.6% and CommVault, although it didn’t crack the top six vendors list, increased revenue by an impressive 24.9% in the first quarter vs. the same period a year ago.
For IDC’s full press release and more stats, see “Storage Software Market Delivers Good Growth and Continues Signs of Recovery.”
Friday, March 12, 2010
And the top 5 storage software vendors are . . .
March 12, 2010 – In yet another sign that a rebound is underway in the storage market (albeit a painfully slow one), the storage software market posted a slight increase in revenues in the fourth quarter of last year compared to Q4 2008 -- $3.094 billion vs. $3.079 billion, or a 0.5% increase. Q4 revenues were up 6.3% over Q3 (although Q4 numbers are almost always better than Q3).
That’s according to IDC’s recently released Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker report.
In the fourth quarter of 2009, EMC retained its top dog status with $734 million in storage software revenues and a commanding 23.7% market share, followed by Symantec (17.5%), IBM (13.2%), NetApp (7.9%), and HP (3.9%) and CA (3.8%) in a virtual dead heat for the #5 spot.
The only thing I found surprising here was NetApp’s strong showing. In fact, NetApp posted the greatest revenue gain from Q4 2008 to Q4 2009 – 7.9%. That increased the gap between NetApp and HP, which experienced a 12.1% decline in revenues from Q408 to Q409.
Looking at the full year, the picture doesn’t change much, although HP drops out of the top 5 list. On 2009 revenues of almost $2.7 billion, EMC was #1 with a market share of 22.7% (down from 24.4% in 2008), followed by Symantec (17.9%), IBM (13.5%), NetApp (8.0%) and CA (4.0%).
Under the storage software umbrella, IDC includes the following product categories: data protection and recovery, archiving, replication, storage management, device management, storage infrastructure, file systems, and “other.”
Related blog post:
Who are the top 5 array vendors?
IDC press releases:
“Storage Software Market Has Typical Fourth Quarter Jump, as Well as a Slight Increase from Last Year”
“Total Disk Storage Systems Turn a Corner, Posting First Year-Over-Year Gain in More Than Four Quarters”
That’s according to IDC’s recently released Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker report.
In the fourth quarter of 2009, EMC retained its top dog status with $734 million in storage software revenues and a commanding 23.7% market share, followed by Symantec (17.5%), IBM (13.2%), NetApp (7.9%), and HP (3.9%) and CA (3.8%) in a virtual dead heat for the #5 spot.
The only thing I found surprising here was NetApp’s strong showing. In fact, NetApp posted the greatest revenue gain from Q4 2008 to Q4 2009 – 7.9%. That increased the gap between NetApp and HP, which experienced a 12.1% decline in revenues from Q408 to Q409.
Looking at the full year, the picture doesn’t change much, although HP drops out of the top 5 list. On 2009 revenues of almost $2.7 billion, EMC was #1 with a market share of 22.7% (down from 24.4% in 2008), followed by Symantec (17.9%), IBM (13.5%), NetApp (8.0%) and CA (4.0%).
Under the storage software umbrella, IDC includes the following product categories: data protection and recovery, archiving, replication, storage management, device management, storage infrastructure, file systems, and “other.”
Related blog post:
Who are the top 5 array vendors?
IDC press releases:
“Storage Software Market Has Typical Fourth Quarter Jump, as Well as a Slight Increase from Last Year”
“Total Disk Storage Systems Turn a Corner, Posting First Year-Over-Year Gain in More Than Four Quarters”
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