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Worldwide external disk storage systems market recovers from slump

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FRAMINGHAM, USA: Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues increased year over year by 2.4 percent, totaling $6.9 billion, during the fourth quarter of 2013 (4Q13), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker.

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For the quarter, the total (internal plus external) disk storage systems market generated $8.8 billion in revenue, representing a 1.3 percent increase from the prior year's fourth quarter and a sequential increase of 17.2 percent compared to the seasonally lower 3Q13. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped surpassed 10.2 exabytes, growing 26.2 percent year over year.

"The disk storage systems market was able to break free of recent headwinds due to traditional year-end budget flushes, improved economic sentiment, and a strong desire to address long-standing storage infrastructure inefficiencies," said Eric Sheppard, research director, IDC Storage.

"Industry stakeholders able to capitalize the most on this demand were often those with recent product refreshes and strong go-to-market initiatives targeted at integrated infrastructure and storage optimization."

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4Q13 External Disk Storage Systems Results

EMC experienced the greatest year-over-year share gains during the quarter, improving its share in the external disk storage systems market from 30.7 percent (4Q12) to 32.9 percent of total 4Q13 revenue.

IBM was the second largest supplier in the market with 13.0 percent share of external revenue followed by NetApp which accounted for 11.5 percent. HP and Hitachi rounded out the top 5 vendors with 9.6 percent and 8.1 percent revenue shares respectively during the quarter.

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Open Networked Disk Storage Systems Highlights

The total open networked disk storage market (NAS Combined with non-mainframe SAN) grew by 4.0 percent year over year to almost $6 billion in revenue. EMC maintained its leadership in the total open networked storage market with 35.6 percent revenue share, followed by NetApp's 13.3 percent and IBM's 12.1 percent revenue share.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Market, 4Q, 2013: (Market Share)

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1. EMC- 32.9 percent

2. IBM- 13.0 percent

3. NetApp- 11.5 percent

4. HP- 9.6 percent

5. Hitachi- 8.1 percent 

6. Others- 24.8 percent

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Market, 4Q, 2013: (Market Share)

1. EMC- 25.8 percent

2. HP- 16.3 percent

3. IBM- 14.0 percent

4. Dell- 9.9 percent

5. NetApp- 9.0 percent

6. Others- 25.0 percent

 

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