It’s a good time to be in the storage business. There seems to be plenty of revenue for the top players in the face of growing demand for data protection. Likewise, there are a slew of reputable vendors giving IT managers market options galore. A quick storage industry snapshot shows the worldwide market is posting double-digit growth quarter after quarter. In fact, the storage software market grew 14.9 percent year over year to US$2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2005, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker.
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Choosing a Storage Vendor in a Consolidating Market
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 2, 2005 05:00 AMIt’s a good time to be in the storage business. There seems to be plenty of revenue for the top players in the face of growing demand for data protection. Likewise, there are a slew of reputable vendors giving IT managers market options galore. A quick storage industry snapshot shows the worldwide market is posting double-digit growth quarter after quarter. In fact, the storage software market grew 14.9 percent year over year to US$2.1 billion in the first quarter of 2005, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker.