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External disk storage market leaders: EMC, HP, IBM, Hitachi, Dell
EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 22.0% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM with 19.
EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 22.0% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM with 19.4% and 13.1% revenue share, respectively. Hitachi and Dell rounded out the top 5 with 8.2% and 7.2%, respectively. Among the top 5 suppliers, EMC and Dell posted the strongest year-over-year revenue growth during 4Q04, with 15.2% and 13.4% growth, respectively. For the full year 2004, EMC took the number 1 position, previously held by HP, with 21.1% revenue share. HP and IBM followed with 18.7% and 12.6% share, respectively.
| Worldwide External Disk
Storage Systems Factory Revenue, 2004 | |||||
| Vendor | 2004 rev., mln. $ | Market
share | 2003 rev., mln. $ | Market
share | Revenue
growth |
| EMC | $2,987 | 21.1% | $2,523 | 18.6% | 18.4% |
| HP | $2,649 | 18.7% | $2,826 | 20.9% | -6.3% |
| IBM | $1,782 | 12.6% | $1,862 | 13.8% | -4.3% |
| Hitachi | $1,223 | 8.6% | $1,210 | 8.9% | 1.1% |
| Dell | $994 | 7.0% | $837 | 6.2% | 18.7% |
| Sun Microsystems | $873 | 6.2% | $924 | 6.8% | -5.6% |
| Others | $3,656 | 25.8% | $3,351 | 24.8% | 9.1% |
| All Vendors | $14,165 | 100.0% | $13,533 | 100.0% | 4.7% |
| Source: IDC | |||||