March 15th, 2006
Top storage software vendors in 2005: EMC, Symantec, IBM
In 2005, EMC maintained its lead in the storage software market with 29.7% revenue share, followed by Symantec and IBM with 20.3% and 10.5% revenue share, respectively. Network Appliance and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie with 6.6% and 6.5%, respectively. Among the top 5 vendors, Network Appliance and IBM posted the strongest YTY revenue growth during 2005, with 45.4% and 26.8% growth, respectively.
| Storage software market in 2005 | |||||
| 2005 | 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue | Share | Revenue | Share | YTY |
| EMC | $2,635 | 29.7% | $2,371 | 30.1% | 11.2% |
| Symantec | $1,798 | 20.3% | $1,680 | 21.3% | 7.1% |
| IBM | $934 | 10.5% | $737 | 9.4% | 26.8% |
| Network Appliance | $585 | 6.6% | $402 | 5.1% | 45.4% |
| Hewlett-Packard | $578 | 6.5% | $552 | 7.0% | 4.8% |
| Others | $2,336 | 26.3% | $2,133 | 27.1% | 9.5% |
| All Vendors | $8,867 | 100.0% | $7,874 | 100.0% | 12.6% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
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