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Storage Market Had Double-Digit Growth in 2005
External controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region totaled $4.6 billion in 2005, a 10.3 percent increase over 2004 revenues of $4.1 billion, according to Gartner, Inc.
IBM narrowed the gap between it and Hewlett-Packard for the number two position in 2005
(see Table 1). IBM’s ECB disk storage market share in EMEA increased to 17.1 percent,
while Hewlett-Packard’s market share declined nearly two percentage points to finish the
year with 20.7 percent market share. EMC maintained its leading position in 2005 as its
revenue increased 14.7 percent, and its market share improved to 22.3 percent.
Hitachi/HDS experienced a revenue increase of 29.7 percent, and its market share increased
to 6.3 percent in 2005.
Dell experienced the strongest growth among the leading vendors in the region, with a 46.1
percent revenue growth in 2005 and a 58.3 percent revenue growth in the fourth quarter of
2005. Dell’s strong performance allowed it to move from the seventh position in EMEA
revenue in 2004 to the sixth position in 2005.
Large vendors are controlling a larger portion of the industry. In 2005, the top seven
vendors accounted for 85.5 percent of EMEA revenue, up from 83.8 percent of total sales in
2004. In the fourth quarter of 2005, the top seven vendor’s market share totaled 86.1
percent, up from 82 percent market share in the fourth quarter of 2004.
EMEA External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 2005 (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
Detail
In the fourth quarter of 2005, some of the leading vendors had significant growth rates in
revenue compared to the corresponding fourth quarter in 2004. Dell and IBM led the growth
charge with overall increases in revenue of 58.3 percent and 54.7 percent respectively
(see Table 2).
"Along with Dell, IBM experienced a very healthy growth in the fourth quarter, boosting
its total year-on-year revenue growth and challenging both EMC and Hewlett-Packard for the
top leadership position in EMEA," said Robin Burke, research vice president for Gartner’s
global Storage Quarterly Statistics program.
While Network Appliance did not match these increases, its 15.2 percent year-over-year
quarterly growth, fueled by its FAS3000, resulted in the company maintaining its market
share total of 5.7 percent. Hewlett-Packard experienced a difficult fourth quarter as its
revenue declined 7.8 percent in the fourth quarter. The company dropped to the third
position with 17.2 percent market share in the quarter.
Sun Microsystems experienced a revenue decline of 7.3 percent in 2005, however the company
experienced positive fourth quarter revenue growth of 6.8 percent. Sun saw its revenue
mix shift towards its midrange and data center arrays. Sun’s acquisition of StorageTek in
the third quarter of 2005 had a positive impact on revenue overall for the company in the
latter part of the year, which softened its overall annual revenue decline.
EMEA External Controller-Based Disk Storage Vendor Revenue Estimates for 4Q05 (Millions of U.S. Dollars) Detail
Gartner external controller-based disk storage reports reflect hardware only revenue, as
well as hardware revenue associated with financial leases and managed services. Optional
storage software revenue and Storage Area Network (SAN) infrastructure components are
excluded.
Additional information on the ECB disk storage market is available in the Gartner
Dataquest report "Market Share: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, All Countries,
1Q05-4Q05". The report includes vendor market share by data access method, price band,
channel and operating system segmentation. The report is available on Gartner’s Web site.
Note* EMC revenue excludes OEM revenue from Dell and Fujitsu Siemens.
Note ** HP’s 2005 market statistics reflect new, updated XP series revenue and EVA series revenue and unit guidance.
Note *** Hitachi/HDS revenue excludes OEM revenue from HP and Sun Microsystems.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (March 2006)03/2006, Gartner, Inc.
Gartner, Inc. is one of the leading providers of research and analysis on the global information technology industry.
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