Worldwide ECB disk storage market declines

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Worldwide ECB disk storage market declines

Gartner Says that worldwide external controller-based disk storage revenue declined 15.7 percent in the second quarter of 2009

Friday, September 04, 2009

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STAMFORD, USA: Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue totaled nearly $3.8 billion in the second quarter of 2009, a 15.7 percent decline from the same period in 2008, according to Gartner Inc.

Donna Taylor, principal research analyst, global storage quarterly statistics program, Gartner, said: “The year-over-year double-digit decline of 15.7 percent primarily resulted from the economic downturn and longer sales cycles. A bright spot in the disk array market has been in network attached storage (NAS), which experienced a 3.5 percent year-over-year growth rate in the second quarter of 2009.”

EMC maintained its No.1 position with 23.7 percent revenue market share. IBM placed second with 15.7 percent, and Hewlett-Packard came in third with 10.3 percent of the market. Dell placed fourth with 9.2 percent, followed by Hitachi/HDS with 8.7 percent. NetApp and Sun Microsystems placed sixth and seventh, respectively, with 8.5 percent and 4.5 percent market share.

Table 1
Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 2Q09(Millions of U.S. Dollars)

	2Q09 Revenue ($M)	2Q09 Market Share (%)	2Q08 Revenue ($M)	2Q08 Market Share (%)	2Q08 -2Q09 Revenue Change (%)
Company	2Q09 Revenue ($M)	2Q09 Market Share (%)	2Q08 Revenue ($M)	2Q08 Market Share (%)	2Q08 -2Q09 Revenue Change (%)
EMC¹	891.9	23.7	1,082.9	24.2	-17.6
IBM	592.7	15.7	628.3	14.1	-5.7
Hewlett-Packard	388.3	10.3	540.5	12.1	-28.2
Dell	345.4	9.2	402.6	9.0	-14.2
Hitachi/HDS²	326.8	8.7	379.6	8.5	-13.9
NetApp	322.1	8.5	357.0	8.0	-9.8
Sun Microsystems	169.3	4.5	294.0	6.6	-42.4
Others³	730.9	19.4	786.0	17.6	-7.0
Total	3,767.5	100.0	4,470.9	100.0	-15.7