Globally, external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue grew 3.3% in the second quarter of 2007, compared to the same period the year before. Revenue equalled $3.7 billion.
This is according to research group Gartner, in its external controller-based disk storage report.
The report revealed EMC kept its top spot, ending the quarter with a 25.2% market share. IBM followed with 14.8%, then Hewlett-Packard with 13.8%. Dell secured fourth place, showing the most growth, with an increase of 25.1% and now owning 9.2% of the market.
Hitachi/HDS slipped one place, closing in fifth position with 8.2%. NetApp fell to sixth place with 7.8%.
Keeping its seventh place, Sun Microsystems rounded out the top vendors, with 4.8% market share. "Other" vendors grew their market share by 8.2%, accounting for 16.2% of the revenue.
"Asia/Pacific grew its revenue by 19% year-over-year, and continues to show strong growth opportunities for the disk array storage market," said Donna Taylor, principal analyst for Gartner's global Storage Quarterly Statistics programme.
She says North America, consisting of the US and Canada, increased its revenue by 4.5% year-over-year. "Even in an otherwise mature marketplace, rules and regulations in the financial service segments and healthcare have helped drive growth in the region," Taylor added.
Rogin Burke, research VP at Gartner, said the revenue market in EMEA stayed fairly flat, owing to a drop in high-end sales of disk arrays valued at $500 000 and over, because buyers selected mid-range scalable systems.
EMC kept its number one position with 23.2% share in the second quarter of this year, but has shown only 2% growth year-on-year, he said.
According to Burke, only three vendors showed year-on-year double-digit growth, with Dell growing over 50%. He cites strong performance in its CX Series and the combination of its MD3000 storage units with its virtual server sales as helping the company achieve this outcome.
"IBM was the only vendor to show growth in the high-end, closing the gap with Hewlett-Packard, which lost 2.2% market share," he says.
Gartner ECB disk storage reports reflect hardware-only revenue, as well as hardware revenue associated with financial leases and managed services. Optional storage software revenue and storage area network infrastructure components are excluded.
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