Network Appliance, Inc today announced that it has gained capacity share in all of its key storage markets in the second calendar quarter of 2006.
According to IDC`s Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker Q2 2006,1 NetApp led the networked storage market in capacity share, growing to 21%, which is a statistical tie with EMC.
NetApp also grew faster than the market in capacity shipped in networked storage, growing at 111% year over year while the market grew at 59%. In terms of revenue, NetApp grew faster than the market from Q2 2005 to Q2 2006 at 21% while the market grew at 11%.
Of all the vendors tracked by IDC in Fibre Channel (FC) SAN, NetApp continues to grow faster than the market in both revenue and capacity, sequentially and year over year. For capacity shipped, NetApp grew at 240% year over year while the market grew at 47%. Sequentially, NetApp grew at 56% while the market grew at 11%. In terms of revenue, NetApp grew at 66% year over year while the market grew at 8%. Sequentially, NetApp grew at 18% while the market grew at 2%.
NetApp demonstrated continued leadership in the iSCSI market in terms of revenue and capacity in both Q2 2006 and the first half of 2006, with first-place market share for Q2 2006 in capacity shipped (44%) and in revenue (28%). From Q2 2005 to Q2 2006, the iSCSI market grew at 152% year over year in terms of capacity shipped while NetApp grew at 199%. Sequentially, NetApp grew at 39% while the market grew at 31%.
In its core NAS market, NetApp was number one in Q2 2006 for capacity shipped, with 47% market share. NetApp grew faster than the market in terms of capacity, both sequentially and year over year. Year over year, the NAS market grew 77% in terms of capacity shipped while NetApp grew 85%. Sequentially, the NAS market grew at 11.3% while NetApp grew at 13.5%.
"Our leadership position in networked storage capacity share, coupled with continued growth in all of our key markets, demonstrates that the NetApp value proposition is aligned with enterprise customers` business demands," said Patrick Rogers, vice-president of Products and Partners at Network Appliance.
"We look forward to continuing to deliver compelling customer value through proven business solutions."
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