Sun Microsystems is bullish about the outlook for the global storage market and believes it has broad capabilities to be a full infrastructure provider.
The global storage market is believed to be a $65 billion annual business, Mark Canepa, Sun Microsystems executive VP: data management group, told journalists at the company's quarterly conference in London.
Gartner believes the market will grow by some 8% this year, which will provide numerous opportunities, he added.
With its acquisition of StorageTech about five months ago, Sun Microsystems has "made it clear" that it is a major participant in the data storage and management space, said Canepa.
Data storage makes up about a third of the company's revenue, he stated, adding that consumers' and businesses' requirements for more data storage space are constantly growing.
Within the consumer and enterprise space, regulation and compliance requirements are creating an environment where data is becoming a competitive advantage, Canepa pointed out.
Thus, he said, Sun Microsystems has positioned itself to be an end-to-end entity to manage and store data.
"We see a lot more growth in the low-end space, and we are ready for the onslaught of data that has to be stored, managed and moved around," he stated.
"Over the past few years, Sun has been diversifying and can now offer a whole set of core competences around the mainframe space."
Canepa noted that the group has retained four major brands -- Spark, Solaris, Java and StorageTech, which cover all areas of the enterprise.
"We are not just a point solution. Sun has been acquisitive to have a full-line solution, with broad capabilities to be a full infrastructure provider."
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