Numbers for the IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker show Sun's revenue growth during the fourth quarter of 2007 (4Q07) for total disk storage systems rose 16.1 percent when compared to the same quarter in 2006. This is the largest increase in revenue growth within the top five vendors in this category. Sun and Hitachi statistically tied for the number five ranking.

Overall, the total disk storage systems market increased by 7.6 percent when compared to the fourth quarter of 2006, for a total of $7.5 billion. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 1,645 petabytes, growing 56.3 percent.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Fourth Quarter of 2007

(Revenues are in Millions)

• 1. IBM: $1,720 in revenue 4Q07 for 22.9% market share; $1,670 in revenue 4Q06 for 23.9% market share; totaling 3.0% in revenue growth

• 2. HP: $1,362 in revenue 4Q07 for 18.1% market share; $1,349 in revenue 4Q06 for 19.3% market share; totaling 1.0% in revenue growth

• 3. EMC: $1,200 in revenue 4Q07 for 16.0% market share; $1,059 in revenue 4Q06 for 15.2% market share; totaling 13.3% in revenue growth

• 4. Dell: $671 in revenue 4Q07 for 8.9% market share; $595 in revenue 4Q06 for 8.5% market share; totaling 12.7% in revenue growth

• 5. Sun: $428 in revenue 4Q07 for 5.7% market share; $369 in revenue 4Q06 for 5.3% market share; totaling 16.1% in revenue growth

• 5. Hitachi: $410 in revenue 4Q07 for 5.4% market share; $356 in revenue 4Q06 for 5.1% market share; totaling 14.9% in revenue growth

• Totals for all vendors: $7,515 in revenue 4Q07 for 100.0% market share; $6,985 in revenue 4Q06 for 100.0% market share; 7.6% in revenue growth

IDC also reported the worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues rose 9.8 percent year-over-year in 4Q07 for a total of $5.3 billion.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide External Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Fourth Quarter of 2007

(Revenues are in Millions)

• 1. EMC: $1,200 in revenue 4Q07 for 22.5% market share; $1,059 in revenue 4Q06 for 21.8%; totaling 13.3% in revenue growth

• 2. IBM: $945 in revenue 4Q07 for 17.7% market share; $894 in revenue 4Q06 for 18.4% market share; totaling 5.6% in revenue growth

• 3. HP: $654 in revenue 4Q07 for 12.3% market share; $641 in revenue 4Q06 for 13.2% market share; totaling 2.1% in revenue growth

• 4. Dell: $449 in revenue 4Q07 for 8.4% market share; $390 in revenue 4Q06 for 8.0% market share; totaling 15.0% in revenue growth

• 4. Hitachi: $402 in revenue 4Q07 for 7.5% market share; $348 in revenue 4Q06 for 7.2% market share; totaling 15.5% in revenue growth

• 4. Network Appliance: $399 in revenue 4Q07 for 7.5% market share; $335 in revenue 4Q06 for 6.9% market share; totaling 19.3% in revenue growth

• Totals for all vendors: $5,332 in revenue 4Q07 for 100.0% market share; $4,856 in revenue 4Q06 for 100.0% market share; totaling 9.8% in revenue growth

"The disk storage systems market exited 2007 strong, indicating that data storage remains a crucial component to the successful execution of enterprise business," said Brad Nisbet, research manager, IDC. "Despite the current, global economic uncertainties, the disk storage systems market is benefiting from a wide variety of drivers, ranging from the simple need to store ever-increasing volumes of business data to the more sophisticated objectives around consolidation, virtualization, and ease of management." [...read more...]

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