According to IDC, factory revenue in the worldwide external disk storage systems market grew 6.7% YTY to $3.8 bln in Q1 2005, marking the eighth consecutive quarter of positive overall growth. The total disk storage systems market grew at a slightly lower YTY rate of 6.0% in Q1 2005. Capacity continues to outpace overall revenue growth with external disk storage systems petabytes growing 58.6% YTY to 409 petabytes for Q1 2005. EMC maintained its lead in the external disk storage systems market with 21.4% revenue share, followed by HP and IBM with 17.7% and 11.5% revenue share, respectively. Hitachi edged out Dell for the fourth position with 9.1% revenue share while Dell ended the quarter with 7.7%. Among the top 5 suppliers, Dell and EMC posted the strongest YTY revenue growth during Q1 2005, with 29.2% and 12.2% growth, respectively.
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| Vendor | Q1 2005 |
Q1 2004 |
Growth, % | ||
| Revenue | Share | Revenue | Share | ||
| EMC | $808 | 21.4% | $720 | 20.4% | 12.2% |
| HP | $668 | 17.7% | $629 | 17.8% | 6.2% |
| IBM | $435 | 11.5% | $398 | 11.3% | 9.2% |
| Hitachi | $345 | 9.1% | $338 | 9.6% | 1.9% |
| Dell | $291 | 7.7% | $225 | 6.4% | 29.2% |
| Others | $1,223 | 32.4% | $1,224 | 34.6% | -0.1% |
| All Vendors | $3,770 | 100.0% | $3,535 | 100.0% | 6.7% |
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