According to IDC, the worldwide storage software market grew 10.2% YTY to $2.4 bln in Q1 2006, marking ten consecutive quarters of double-digit YTY growth.
| Worldwide storage software market | |||||
| Q1 2006 | Q1 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue, mln. $ |
Share | Revenue, mln. $ |
Share | YTY |
| EMC | $605 | 25.4% | $629 | 29.2% | -3.9% |
| Symantec | $478 | 20.1% | $455 | 21.1% | 5.0% |
| IBM | $299 | 12.6% | $212 | 9.8% | 41.3% |
| Network Appliance | $181 | 7.6% | $137 | 6.3% | 32.0% |
| Computer Associates | $132 | 5.5% | $99 | 4.6% | 33.6% |
| Hewlett-Packard | $129 | 5.4% | $132 | 6.1% | -1.9% |
| Others | $555 | 23.3% | $495 | 22.9% | 12.2% |
| All Vendors | $2,379 | 100.0% | $2,158 | 100.0% | 10.2% |
| Source: IDC | |||||