The worldwide storage software market experienced its 13th consecutive quarter of YTY growth in Q4 2006 with revenues of $2.6 bln, a 3.1% increase over Q4 2005. Storage replication, one of the largest storage software markets, demonstrated YTY growth of 14.4% in Q4 2006. Meanwhile, the smaller but fast-growing Archive and HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management) market posted a 25.5% YTY growth rate. EMC led the overall market in q4 2006 with 27.9% revenue share in Q4 2006. Symantec took the second position with 18% revenue share, while IBM finished in the third position with 12.1% revenue share. Network Appliance finished in the fourth position with 9.6% revenue share. Again, CA and HP rounded out the top 5 in a statistical tie with 5.0% and 5.4% revenue share, respectively.
| Worldwide storage software market in Q4 2006 | |||||
| Q4 2006 | Q5 2006 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue, mln. | Share | Revenue, mln. | Share | YTY |
| EMC | $716 | 27.9% | $703 | 28.2% | 1.8% |
| Symantec | $461 | 18.0% | $487 | 19.5% | -5.3% |
| IBM | $312 | 12.1% | $283 | 11.3% | 10.3% |
| Network Appliance | $246 | 9.6% | $164 | 6.6% | 49.3 % |
| Hewlett-Packard | $138 | 5.4% | $159 | 6.4% | -13.5% |
| CA | $128 | 5.0% | $129 | 5.2% | -1.1% |
| Others | $567 | 22.1% | $565 | 22.7% | 0.5% |
| All Vendors | $2,567 | 100.0% | $2,491 | 100.0% | 3.1% |
| Source: IDC | |||||