Top storage software vendors in 2005: EMC, Symantec, IBM

In 2005, EMC maintained its lead in the storage software market with 29.7% revenue share, followed by Symantec and IBM with 20.3% and 10.5% revenue share, respectively. Network Appliance and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie with 6.6% and 6.5%, respectively. Among the top 5 vendors, Network Appliance and IBM posted the strongest YTY revenue growth during 2005, with 45.4% and 26.8% growth, respectively.

Storage software market in 2005
	2005		2004		Growth
Vendor	Revenue	Share	Revenue	Share	YTY
EMC	$2,635	29.7%	$2,371	30.1%	11.2%
Symantec	$1,798	20.3%	$1,680	21.3%	7.1%
IBM	$934	10.5%	$737	9.4%	26.8%
Network Appliance	$585	6.6%	$402	5.1%	45.4%
Hewlett-Packard	$578	6.5%	$552	7.0%	4.8%
Others	$2,336	26.3%	$2,133	27.1%	9.5%
All Vendors	$8,867	100.0%	$7,874	100.0%	12.6%
Source: IDC