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Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca and Rachel King

EMC, NetApp lead storage surge in first quarter

By | June 3, 2011, 4:37am PDT

The external storage market continues to grow at a rapid clip as revenue surged 13.2 percent in the first quarter to $5.6 billion, according to IDC. EMC and NetApp were No. 1 and No. 2 in market share.

Network storage revenue grew 17.3 percent in the first quarter from a year ago and mid-range systems remained the sweet spot for the market

Here’s a look at IDC’s scorecard for external and total storage systems:

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NetApp is expanding its international business
Daniel Breslauer 3rd Jun
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As a matter of fact, NetApp is currently expanding its international technical support services. They're offering localized technical support in many European languages now from centralized EMEA support locations, in, among others, German, French, Spanish, and Hebrew.
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Luddite24 Updated - 3rd Jun
I love seeing NetAPP chugging along. Such a wonderful product. Thanks for the numbers Larry.
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Based on the global data, it looks like NetApp is struggling in international distribution. Both HP and IBM have combined US and international sales greater than Netapps combined sales.
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As a matter of fact, NetApp is currently expanding its international technical support services. They're offering localized technical support in many European languages now from centralized EMEA support locations, in, among others, German, French, Spanish, and Hebrew.

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