FRAMINGHAM, Mass. -- Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues grew $239 million in the first quarter of 2007 (1Q07), posting 5.9% growth from a year ago to $4.3 billion, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $6.1 billion up 7.2% from the prior year's first quarter. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped surpassed 1,000 petabytes for the second consecutive quarter, growing 60.4% over the first quarter of 2006.
"External storage systems selling under $50,000 drove the growth in the first quarter of 2007," said Brad Nisbet, program manager, IDC Storage Systems. "After several quarters of impressive growth in 2006 for midrange and high-end systems selling with average prices above $50,000, we saw only modest gains in these systems this quarter. The growth in lower-end products indicates opportunity across the board as customers continue to invest in a broad spectrum of available storage solutions."
Total External Disk Storage Systems
For the first quarter, EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 21.2% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM in a statistical tie for the number 2 position with 13.4% and 12.7% revenue share, respectively. Dell and Hitachi rounded out the top 5 (in a statistical tie for the fourth position) with 8.9% and 8.5%, respectively. Among the top 5 suppliers, Dell posted the strongest year-over-year revenue growth (12.0%) during 1Q07.
Network Disk Storage Systems
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