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Gartner Says Third Quarter 2005 Results Show Steady Growth Among Most Major Vendors in External Controller-Based Disk Storage Revenue |
STAMFORD, Conn., December 21, 2005 - Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue totaled $3.42 billion in the third quarter of 2005, a 6.8 percent increase over the same period in 2004, according to Gartner, Inc.
EMC remained the industry leader accounting for 23.7 percent market share, a full 6.2 percentage points separating it from its nearest competitor, Hewlett Packard. However EMC was the only top-tier vendor that did not experience year-over-year double-digit growth (see Table 1).
"While the most significant gains were made in the Clariion and Centera product lines, these were not enough to propel EMC to double-digit revenue growth like the other vendors in the storage market," said Donna Taylor, principal analyst in the storage research group at Gartner. "Instead, EMC realized revenue growth of only 7 percent year-over-year."
Hewlett Packard grew its market share by just under one percent to finish the quarter at 17.5 percent, while its revenue grew 12 percent year-over-year. Dell experienced the strongest growth rate with revenue increasing 37.8 percent. Dell also overtook Network Appliance for the No. 5 position in the quarter.
IBM gained 1.6 percent market share to end the quarter at 13.6 percent. A revenue growth of almost 21 percent made it the second-fastest growth rate among the top vendors, driven primarily by its DS4000 product, as well as the introduction of its new N Series.
Table 1
Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 2Q05
(Millions of U.S. Dollars)
| Company |
3Q05 Revenue |
3Q05 Market Share (%) |
3Q04 Revenue |
3Q04 Market Share (%) |
3Q04-3Q05 Revenue
Change (%) |
| EMC¹ |
810.3 |
23.7 |
757.5 |
23.7 |
7.0 |
| Hewlett-Packard |
599.3 |
17.5 |
535.0 |
16.7 |
12.0 |
| IBM |
466.1 |
13.6 |
385.5 |
12.0 |
20.9 |
| Hitachi/HDS² |
343.5 |
10.0 |
287.0 |
9.0 |
19.7 |
| Dell |
261.4 |
7.6 |
189.7 |
5.9 |
37.8 |
| Network Appliance |
226.1 |
6.6 |
190.5 |
6.0 |
18.7 |
| Sun Microsystems³ |
185.5 |
5.4 |
155.0 |
4.8 |
19.7 |
| Others |
526.8 |
15.4 |
700.2 |
21.9 |
-24.8 |
| Total |
3,419.0 |
100.0 |
3,200.5 |
100.0 |
6.8 |
1 EMC revenue excludes OEM revenue from Dell and Fujitsu Siemens.
2 Hitachi/HDS revenue excludes OEM revenue from HP and Sun.
3 Sun revenue includes the full quarter's revenue for StorageTek.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (December 2005)
Hitachi/HDS revenue accounted for 10 percent of the industry's revenue. A revenue growth of 19.7 percent ties it with Sun Microsystems for the quarter. "The introduction of two new modular storage products helped to diversify the revenue mix this quarter," Ms. Taylor said.
Network Appliance experienced a slight increase in its market share, however its revenue increased 18.7 percent. Network Appliance's FAS3000 product line has contributed to its steady growth in the industry.
Sun Microsystems realized an increase in market share to 5.4 percent, along with revenue growth of 19.7 percent. Sun's recent acquisition of StorageTek drove much of the gain year-over-year and stemmed the revenue decline from second quarter 2005.
On a regional basis, EMC remains the leading provider of external controller-based disk arrays in North America with 28.3 percent market share; HP leads in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA),and Asia/Pacific with 23.3 percent and 25.4 percent market share respectively; and, Hitachi is the market leader in Japan with 34.1 percent market share.
Additional information on the external controller-based disk storage market is available in the Gartner Dataquest Disk Array Storage Quarterly Statistics Q3-2005.
CONTACT:
Tom McCall
Gartner
(408) 468-8312
tom.mccall@gartner.com
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About Gartner:
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