Network Appliance, Inc today announced that in the fourth quarter 2005, it has maintained its position as the market leader in iSCSI in both revenue and capacity for the past 11 quarters and continued its leadership in capacity market share in network-attached storage (NAS).
According to IDC`s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker Q4 2005,1 NetApp demonstrated continued leadership in the iSCSI storage market, with number-one market share in capacity shipped (34.6%) and revenue (32%) for the full year 2005.
In FC SAN, NetApp nearly doubled its year-end 2005 revenue market share to 1.6%, up from 0.9% in 2004, doubled its unit share to 2.2% from 1.1%, and grew capacity shipped by 230%. Finally, NetApp maintained leadership in its core NAS market, with a 42.6% capacity market share, and grew capacity shipped by 56% from year-end 2004.
"Our continued success in NAS, iSCSI and FC SAN further demonstrates the strong customer demand for NetApp simplified data management solutions across all major storage segments," said Patrick Rogers, vice-president of Products and Partners at Network Appliance. "With our commitment to innovation and customer partnerships, NetApp continues to lead in the markets that represent the future of data management."
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