Category: Peripherals

Vendor	2008 Shipments	2008 Market Share (%)	2007 Shipments	2007 Market Share (%)	2008 – 2007 Growth (%)
Hewlett-Packard	20,737	43.0	23,221	44.1	-10.7
Canon	8,212	17.0	8,337	15.8	-1.5
Epson	6,576	13.6	6,651	12.6	-1.1
Brother	3,306	6.9	3,224	6.1	2.5
Samsung Electronics	2,826	5.9	2,430	4.6	16.3
Others	6,572	13.6	8,789	16.7	-25.2
Total	48,229	100.0	52,652	100.0	-8.4
Source: Gartner

The printer consumables market in Asia/Pacific region grew about 5% YOY to reach 46 mln units in Q2 2008. Inkjet cartridge remained dominant, accounting for 80% of the total printer consumables market or close to 37 mln units. Strong growth continued in the laser toner market with 18% growth YOY to exceed the 9 mln mark Q3 2008, according to IDC.

HP continued to garner the largest unit market share at 58% in the toner market, maintaining a good lead ahead of Samsung at 12%, who had done a commendable job in pushing its main unit sales. In Q2 2008, the inkjet cartridge market only managed to ink a 2% growth, which pales in comparison to 8% growth in Q2 2007. Growth in most countries were modest at 3 to 4% in Q2 2008 except for slightly better compared to the growth in Thailand (10%) and Philippines (7%). HP, Epson and Canon remained the key stakeholders in the inkjet cartridge market with a combined unit market share of 90%, according to IDC.

Slovenian shipments of hardcopy peripherals (HCPs) declined 5.3% YOY to less than 147,350 devices, while market value grew 5.1% to $52.2 mln in 2007. The top 3 vendors on the Slovenian volume market in 2007 were HP, Canon, and Samsung. Together, they controlled almost 75% of the market and were the only players exceeding a 10% market share each. In total, laser devices accounted for 45.6% of total shipments and inkjet almost 53%. The steepest growth was seen in the color laser MFP category, with shipments skyrocketing 162.2%, albeit from a relatively small base, according to IDC.

The worldwide solid state drive (SSD) market is for real and generated nearly $400 mln in revenues in 2007. SSD revenue will increase at a 70% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from 2007-2012 and unit shipments at a slightly faster rate of 76%, IDC predicts, according to IDC.

In 2007, the Croatian HCP market grew 2.2% in volume and 2.1% in value YOY to almost 200,000 units, worth $54.4 mln. Accounting for more than 62% of shipments, single-function (SF) printers – particularly inkjet – remained the most popular device in the Croatian HCP market in 2007. However, printers have been losing market share to multifunctional peripherals (MFPs), sales of which surged almost 25% in 2007 to account for 37.6% of total market volume. Shipments of color laser peripheral grew 27.3% year on year in 2007. MFPs accounted for 17.3% of total color laser shipments in Croatia in 2007, up from just under 13% in 2006. The top 3 vendors in the Croatian hardcopy devices market in 2007 – HP, Canon, and Epson – retained their rankings from 2006. Together, they accounted for more than 78% of total shipments in 2007. IDC expects the Croatian market for hardcopy devices to grow, on average, 2.6% year on year over the next five years, with MFPs fueling the growth, according to IDC.

China’s hardcopy peripheral market share of inkjet printers has fallen drastically from 31% in Q3 2007 to 23% in Q4 2007, according to IDC. Sales of laser printers were also higher than inkjet printers for the first time in Q4 2007. Laser printers accounted for nearly 30% of the total printing peripheral market in Q4 2007. IDC predicts that the total shipment of laser printers will surpass inkjet printers in 2008, making laser printers the key product in China’s printing peripheral market.

Vendor	2007 Revenue	Market Share	2006 Revenue	Market Share	Growth, YTY
1. EMC	$3,995	21.6%	$3,727	21.6%	7.2%
2. IBM	$2,693	14.5%	$2,570	14.9%	4.8%
3. HP	$2,440	13.2%	$2,432	14.1%	0.3%
4. Dell	$1,646	8.9%	$1,406	8.1%	17.0%
4. Hitachi	$1,487	8.0%	$1,360	7.9%	9.3%
4. Network Appliance	$1,482	8.0%	$1,243	7.2%	19.2%
Others	$4,789	25.8%	$4,543	26.3%	5.4%
All Vendors	$18,531	100%	$17,281	100%	7.2%
Source: IDC

Vendor	4Q07 Revenue	Market Share	4Q06 Revenue	Market Share	Growth, YTY
1. IBM	$1,720	22.9%	$1,670	23.9%	3.0%
2. HP	$1,362	18.1%	$1,349	19.3%	1.0%
3. EMC	$1,200	16.0%	$1,059	15.2%	13.3%
4. Dell	$671	8.9%	$595	8.5%	12.7%
5. Sun	$428	5.7%	$369	5.3%	16.1%
5. Hitachi	$410	5.4%	$356	5.1%	14.9%
Others	$1,724	22.9%	$1,588	22.7%	8.6%
All Vendors	$7,515	100.0%	$6,985	100.0%	7.6%
Source: IDC

In the Open SAN market, which grew 17.2% YOY, EMC lead with 24.3% revenue share, followed by IBM with 17.5%. The NAS market grew 10.5% year over year, led by EMC with 41.2% revenue share and followed by Network Appliance with 28.3% share. The iSCSI SAN market continues to show strong momentum, posting 74.9% revenue growth compared to the prior year’s quarter. Network Appliance continues to lead the market with 19.6% share, followed by EMC with 17.4% share, according to IDC.

Worldwide external disk storage systems factory revenues posted 9.8% YTY growth in Q4 2007 and totaling $5.3 bln, according to the IDC. For the quarter, the total disk storage systems market grew to $7.5 bln, up 7.6% from the prior year’s Q4 2007. Total disk storage systems capacity shipped reach 1,645 petabytes, growing 56.3%.

Overall PC unit sales climbed 14% in 2007, while printer units rose just 3%, Bernstein Research said. The status of printer sales trailing PCs is in contrast to 5 years ago, when PC unit sales rose 11% and printer units grew by 15%. In 2007, for every 100 consumer PCs sold, there were only 90 inkjet printers. In 2003, 136 inkjets were sold for every 100 consumer PCs. Inkjet printer unit sales will grow 6% to 8% a year.

Digital photo frames will be the world’s fastest-growing application for small/medium display in 2008, with global revenue rising to $699 mln, up 91.4% from $395 mln in 2007, according to iSuppli. Mobile handsets will continue to dominate the market, accounting for $15.9 bln in revenue in 2008, up 17.3% from $13.5 bln in 2007.

ABI Research forecasts that by the year 2015, processors, microcontrollers, sensors, and servos will reach a collective $12 bln in worldwide revenue. About 48% of component revenue can be attributed to task robotics, while 51% will come from the entertainment robotics segment. The remaining 1% to 2% is derived from security and educational segments.

ABI Research expects high-definition drives to bring in revenues of about $2 bln by 2012. About 30% of consumers use DVDs for data storage. However the adequate 4 GB/disk capacity of conventional DVD-Rs and the steep cost per gigabyte of high-definition disks will limit consumer demand for HD as a storage medium.