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Sun’s Revenue Growth for Disk Storage Systems Rises
IDC Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker reported worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues rose 9.8 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2007 (4Q07) for a total of $5.3 billion.
Total disk storage systems market also increased by 7.6 percent when compared to the fourth quarter of 2006, for a total of $7.5 billion. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 1,645 petabytes, growing 56.3 percent.
Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide Total Disk Storage Systems Factory Revenue, Fourth Quarter of 2007 (Revenues are in Millions)
- 1. IBM: $1,720 in revenue 4Q07 for 22.9% market share; $1,670 in revenue 4Q06 for 23.9% market share; totaling 3.0% in revenue growth
- 2. HP: $1,362 in revenue 4Q07 for 18.1% market share; $1,349 in revenue 4Q06 for 19.3% market share; totaling 1.0% in revenue growth
- 3. EMC: $1,200 in revenue 4Q07 for 16.0% market share; $1,059 in revenue 4Q06 for 15.2% market share; totaling 13.3% in revenue growth
- 4. Dell: $671 in revenue 4Q07 for 8.9% market share; $595 in revenue 4Q06 for 8.5% market share; totaling 12.7% in revenue growth
- 5. Sun: $428 in revenue 4Q07 for 5.7% market share; $369 in revenue 4Q06 for 5.3% market share; totaling 16.1% in revenue growth
- 5. Hitachi: $410 in revenue 4Q07 for 5.4% market share; $356 in revenue 4Q06 for 5.1% market share; totaling 14.9% in revenue growth
