EMC leads global storage management software market
EMC leads global storage management software market
For the fourth straight year, EMC Corporation has been placed as the leading worldwide provider of storage management software.
For the fourth straight year, EMC Corporation has been placed as the leading worldwide provider of storage management software.
According to a new Gartner Dataquest report, EMC led the $4.7 billion storage management software market in 2002 with 25.6% revenue share, seven percentage points greater than the nearest competitor.
EMC also came first in Storage Resource Management (SRM) software, the fastest-growing portion of the total storage management software market in 2002.
EMC grew SRM software sales in 2002 to lead with 46.2% revenue share. SRM software, which is composed of automation and reporting tools, is a sub-segment within the Enterprise Storage Resource Management (ESRM) segment. ESRM includes products managing various storage resources including direct-attached and fabric-attached storage. The EMC ControlCenter family of open management software resides within this segment.
According to Gartner Dataquest, EMC also led the $1.9 billion Storage Infrastructure segment, with 36.1% revenue share in 2002. Storage Infrastructure software includes replication, path and volume management products such as EMC SRDF, TimeFinder and PowerPath software.
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