EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage and management, extended its storage software revenue lead for the sixth consecutive quarter in the first quarter of 2005, according to a report released today by IDC [a]. Number one EMC had 30% revenue share in the first quarter, widening its lead over VERITAS, IBM, HP and Computer Associates.
Howard Elias, EMC`s Executive Vice-President of Corporate Marketing and Office of Technology, said: "Our software leadership continues to be defined by our ability to manage and protect information throughout its lifecycle while enabling customers to reduce their overall IT costs, drive complexity and rigidity out of their IT infrastructures and take advantage of change.
"Customer appreciation for our focus and the value we place on innovation helped us to again outpace the total storage software market and deliver strong market share gains in the storage resource management and backup and archive markets, two of the hottest segments within storage software today."
First quarter highlights
IDC reported that EMC continued to be number one in the storage resource management (SRM) and replication software segments, and for the first time EMC captured the number two position in the backup and archive software segment (statistically tied with IBM).
EMC posted greater revenue share gains than any other supplier tracked in both the SRM and backup and archive software segments, which represented the two largest storage software markets in the first quarter.
According to IDC, number one EMC extended its lead in the SRM software segment to 50.6% revenue share, more than four times the share of its closest competitor. Number one EMC grew replication software revenues 15.4% in the quarter to lead with 39.5% revenue share. EMC grew its share of the backup and archive software segment 1.2 percentage points, moving it into the number two position and gaining share against the segment leader. Today EMC discusses the power of integrating hardware, software and services for backup, recovery and archive during an online presentation available at www.emc.com/buracast/
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