Storage market grows 8.6%

The worldwide storage software market grew 8.6% year-over-year to $2.5 billion in the second quarter of 2006, marking 11 consecutive quarters of year-over-year growth, according to IDC`s Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, says GlobalContinuity.

"Buyers are particularly interested in replication software to help ensure their disaster recovery and business continuity plans are viable, in planning for recovery from any unwelcome and unpredictable events that might occur," said Rhoda Phillips, research manager for IDC storage.

Yesterday`s strategies for disaster recovery have become ineffective in dealing with the risks and exposure of businesses in today`s world, reports E-commerceTimes. Business continuity is now a fundamental strategy for success in IT-supported business.

The typical recovery scenario: retrieve backed-up data on tapes from remote sites, rush them to data centres where some disaster or occurrence has destroyed or corrupted operational data, rebuild operating systems and reload data.

Are these typical disaster recovery efforts enough today? For many businesses, the answer is no. Because of the crucial nature of today`s data, many businesses are now turning to the notion of business continuity, the publication states.