Disk storage systems market leaders: HP, IBM, EMC, Dell, Hitachi
In the total worldwide disk storage systems market, HP maintained its lead with 24.2% revenue share followed by IBM with 22.5% share. EMC maintained the third position with 14.5% revenue share. Dell and EMC posted the largest year-over-year revenue growth among the top 5 vendors during the quarter, with 15.8% and 13.4% points gained respectively. For the full year 2004, the total disk storage systems market posted 3.2% growth to $20.9 bln. HP maintained its leadership with 23.6% revenue share, followed by IBM and EMC with 20.6% and 14.3% revenue share, respectively.
| Worldwide Disk Storage
Systems Factory Revenue, 2004 | |||||
| Vendor | 2004 rev., mln. $ | Market share | 2003 rev., mln. $ | Market share | Revenue growth, 2004/2003 |
| HP | $4,922 | 23.6% | $5,216 | 25.8% | -5.6% |
| IBM | $4,298 | 20.6% | $4,241 | 21.0% | 1.3% |
| EMC | $2,987 | 14.3% | $2,523 | 12.5% | 18.4% |
| Dell | $1,507 | 7.2% | $1,285 | 6.4% | 17.3% |
| Hitachi | $1,259 | 6.0% | $1,253 | 6.2% | 0.4% |
| Sun Microsystems | $1,238 | 5.9% | $1,300 | 6.4% | -4.7% |
| Others | $4,650 | 22.3% | $4,402 | 21.8% | 5.7% |
| All Vendors | $20,862 | 100.0% | $20,219 | 100.0% | 3.2% |
| Source: IDC | |||||
The total network storage market (NAS combined with Open and iSCSI SAN) posted 11.6% year-over-year growth in Q4 to more than $2.4 bln, the highest quarterly revenue recorded. EMC continues to maintain its leadership in the total network storage market with 29.0% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM with 23.7% and 11.2% revenue share, respectively. Network Appliance and Dell posted the strongest year-over-year revenue growth for the quarter, with 29.7% and 22.9% growth, respectively. Similar to Q3 2004, the #1 position in the Open/iSCSI SAN market continues to be hotly contested. HP and EMC, each with roughly 28% revenue share, were again locked in a statistical tie for the top ranking in the market with just a 0.7% difference in market share. The Open/iSCSI SAN market grew 10.9% year over year.
In the NAS market, which grew 14.7% year over year, Network Appliance led with 36.9% revenue share, followed by EMC with 32.8% share. The iSCSI SAN market continues to show strong momentum, posting nearly 32% revenue growth compared to Q3 2004. Network Appliance continues to lead the market with 38.9% share, followed by EMC with 25.6% share.