Worldwide external controllerbased (ECB) disk storage revenue totalled more than $3.9 billion in the third quarter of 2009, a 7.3 per cent decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner, Inc.
"The yearoveryear decline of 7.3 per cent indicates that the economic downturn's impact on the disk array storage market is loosening its grip. The prior two quarters in 2009 showed declines in the double digits. This is good news for storage vendors, because it's the first sign of a light at the end of the tunnel," said Donna Taylor, principal research analyst for Gartner's global Storage Quarterly Statistics programme.
EMC maintained its No. 1 position with 26.7 per cent revenue market share (see Table 1). EMC's market share is more than double that of its closest competitor, IBM, which placed second with 13.2 per cent. HP came in third with 10.8 per cent. Hitachi, Dell and NetApp ranked fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, by the narrowest of margins. Hitachi achieved an 8.8 per cent market share, while Dell and NetApp each achieved 8.6 per cent. Dell and NetApp's revenue was separated by only $2 million. Sun Microsystems placed seventh with 3.6 per cent market share.
"The yearoveryear decline of 7.3 per cent indicates that the economic downturn's impact on the disk array storage market is loosening its grip. The prior two quarters in 2009 showed declines in the double digits. This is good news for storage vendors, because it's the first sign of a light at the end of the tunnel," said Donna Taylor, principal research analyst for Gartner's global Storage Quarterly Statistics programme.
EMC maintained its No. 1 position with 26.7 per cent revenue market share (see Table 1). EMC's market share is more than double that of its closest competitor, IBM, which placed second with 13.2 per cent. HP came in third with 10.8 per cent. Hitachi, Dell and NetApp ranked fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively, by the narrowest of margins. Hitachi achieved an 8.8 per cent market share, while Dell and NetApp each achieved 8.6 per cent. Dell and NetApp's revenue was separated by only $2 million. Sun Microsystems placed seventh with 3.6 per cent market share.
