EMC number one in external storage systems revenue for second consecutive year, analyst firm reports

EMC Corporation, the world leader in information management and storage, led the worldwide external disk storage systems market in revenue for the second consecutive year in 2005, according to a new report from IDC [a].

In the fourth fiscal quarter of 2005, EMC led the worldwide external disk storage systems market for the eighth consecutive quarter. EMC was also number one in NAS (network-attached storage) for the seventh straight quarter, growing revenues more than four times faster than its nearest competitor in the fourth quarter and extending its lead with 38% revenue share in 2005.

2005 revenue from EMC and co-branded Dell/EMC external disk storage systems, combined, grew by 18% year-over-year and represented 27% of the total external disk storage market, according to IDC. In the fourth quarter, EMC and co-branded Dell/EMC external disk storage systems revenue, combined, grew by 24% compared to the year-ago quarter and represented 28% of the total external disk storage market in the fourth quarter.

Howard Elias, EMC Executive Vice-President, Global Marketing and Corporate Development, said: "EMC`s commitment to delivering innovative information lifecycle management solutions is clearly paying off. Our leading storage platforms form the foundation of a successful ILM strategy. Businesses and organisations of all sizes are tackling the challenge of relentless information growth while seeking to simplify and make their information infrastructure as cost-effective as possible. Customers have embraced the new storage platform technologies we delivered in 2005 and we fully expect our investment and level of execution in this area to continue through 2006 and beyond."

For both the full year and the fourth quarter, EMC was number one in external disk storage systems revenue with 21% share and 22% share respectively. EMC led in every major external disk storage market segment including external RAID, networked storage, open/iSCSI SAN (storage area networks) and NAS in the fourth quarter and 2005.

In 2005, EMC led in external RAID storage revenue for the ninth consecutive year with 22% revenue share and was again number one in networked storage with 27% share. EMC also led in external RAID disk storage systems revenue in Western Europe and Asia Pacific in 2005 . EMC continued to take revenue share in the NAS market throughout the year, increasing its share to 38% in 2005, outpacing the growth of the market. In the rapidly growing iSCSI SAN market, EMC grew revenues nearly twice as fast as its largest competitor in the fourth quarter [c].

[a] IDC "Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, March 2006"; EMC share includes factory revenue from "EMC" branded storage systems only and excludes sales of re-branded EMC systems sold by EMC partners including Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, Samsung and Langchao Electronic Information Industry Corp, Ltd.

The geographic segment "Asia Pacific" excludes Japan.

[c] All comparisons included in this release are year over year unless noted.