Hardware: Storage

Relevant Dataquest Products

• Dataquest Research Catalog: Storage Worldwide
  17 April 2008
• Dataquest Research Catalog: Computers, Printers and Storage Europe
  17 April 2008
• Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, All Regions, All Countries
  26 March 2008
• Quarterly Statistics: Disk Array Storage, Regional Vertical Industries, All Regions
  19 December 2007

Trends

A closer look at the near-term forces moving the market

• Market Trends: Servers, Latin America, 4Q07 and 2007
  17 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: PC and Server Market, South Korea, 2007
  15 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Server Forecast Analysis, Asia/Pacific, 2008-2009
  15 April 2008
• Dataquest Telebriefing: Server Market, EMEA, 4Q07
  2 April 2008
• Market Trends: Storage Management Software, Worldwide, 2007-2012
  1 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: China's H3C Shows Ambition to Enter the Global Storage Market
  29 February 2008
• Dataquest Insight: 3Q07 and 4Q07 HDD Demand Swells to New Dimensions
  22 January 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Disk Array Storage, China, 2Q07
  6 December 2007
• Dataquest Insight: Storage Services Growth and Margins, 2007
  18 October 2007

Forecast

Taking a long view of market futures

• Forecast: Storage Management Software, EMEA, 2007-2012
  9 April 2008
• Forecast: Servers, Asia/Pacific, 2006-2013, 4Q07 Update
  18 March 2008
• Forecast: IT Storage Services, Worldwide, 2006-2011
  11 December 2007
• Dataquest Insight: Enterprise Distributed System Backup/Recovery Market, Worldwide, 2006
  7 November 2007
• Forecast: Granular Consumption and Production, HDD Media and Read/Write Heads, Worldwide, 2002-2011
  15 October 2007
• Forecast: Storage Management Software, Worldwide, 2006-2011
  14 September 2007
• Market Statistics: History, Market Share and Forecast, HDDs, Worldwide, 2002-2011
  17 August 2007
• Forecast: External Controller-Based Disk Storage, Worldwide, 2007-2011
  20 July 2007

Shares

Who owns the biggest pieces of the market

• Market Share: Granular Consumption and Production, HDD Media and Read/Write Heads, Worldwide, 1Q07-4Q07
  6 May 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Entering the European Market as an IT Storage Vendor, Part 1
  23 January 2008
• Market Share: Granular Shipments, Hard Disk Drives, Worldwide, 1H07
  12 October 2007
• Market Share: Granular Consumption and Production, HDD Media and Read/Write Heads, Worldwide, 1H07
  11 October 2007
• Market Share: Granular Shipment Analysis, Hard Disk Drives, Worldwide, 1Q07
  11 September 2007
• Market Share: Host Bus RAID Controllers, Worldwide, 2006
  24 August 2007
• Market Statistics: History, Market Share and Forecast, HDDs, Worldwide, 2002-2011
  17 August 2007

Hot Topics

Emerging technologies — opportunities for users and providers

• IBM's iDataPlex Signals Future Direction of Server Hardware
  29 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Leverage Gartner User Survey Data on Technology Adoption Plans to Enhance Your Storage Marketing Effectiveness
  25 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Projected Impact of Softening U.S. Economy on the Worldwide External Controller-Based Disk Storage Market
  22 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Indian Users Are Not Confident About x86 Server Virtualization Technology
  11 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Why Storage Vendors Should Focus Their Power and Cooling Messaging on 'Green,' as in Dollars
  7 April 2008
• Dataquest Insight: 4Q07 HDD Industry Dynamics Set the Stage for More-Rational Market Management in 1Q08
  13 March 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Configuration and Cost Are Main Concerns About Storage Management Software in EMEA in 2008
  20 February 2008
• Dataquest Insight: Storage Findings From Midsize Enterprise Summit
  10 January 2008
• Network Appliance Signals Better SAN Management With Onaro Buy
  8 January 2008
• Data Warehouse Justification vs. Tactical Uses of Unintegrated Information
  18 December 2007
• EMC-Berkeley Data Buy May Put Storage as a Service in Reach
  10 October 2007

Competitive Analysis

Leaders, followers and why customers buy

• User Survey Analysis: Storage Management Software Usage Driven by Replication, Deduplication and Virtualization, March 2008
  4 March 2008
• User Survey Analysis: Storage Future, United States, September 2007
  26 December 2007
• Dataquest Insight: Comprehensive Review of Indian ICT Landscape
  20 December 2007
• User Survey Analysis: Storage Future, Worldwide, September 2007
  29 November 2007
• Dataquest Insight: 3PAR Challenges Conventional Midrange Disk Array Architecture With Innovative Technology
  12 November 2007
• User Survey Analysis: Storage Service Opportunities, North America, 2007
  23 October 2007

Gartner Dataquest Guides

Methodologies and definitions

• Dataquest Guide: NAS/Unified Storage Definitions, 2007
  8 June 2007
• Dataquest Guide: Industry Market Strategies Forecast Definitions and Methodology, 2007
  30 March 2007