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IDC's Predictions in Storage for 2006

2006: Breakthrough Year for SMBs Stepping up to Advanced Storage Solutions

Grid-Based Storage: Opportunities Abound for Suppliers, but Advantage Goes to Microsoft

Dell Takes #2 Shipment Position in the Worldwide Branded Tape Drive Market

How will Cornice's Agreements with Hitachi and Futjistu Impact HDD Industry Structure

"The HDD industry celebrates its 50th anniversary this year!  Although the industry is aging, the next five years is an exciting period of growth as rich media content is increasingly digitized, boosting the need for more disk storage.  In fact, the HDD industry will likely ship more disk drives in the next five years than it has during its entire 50 year history."- John Rydning, Research Manager for IDC's Hard Disk Drives & Components service.



Continued Server Proliferation Changing SAN Infrastructure Requirements
Bigger Drives on the Way for the Enterprise

Seeing Red – in a Good Way: Hitachi GST's Grand Opening Event
Dialing for Drives: Do HDD OEMs have the Right Number for Mobile Phones?
Read this: #j4s@@g – Disk Drives get Encryption

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Technology Waves: Impact on Storage Systems Requirements
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Topic Status Contact

Data Protection - VTL, D-to-D, CDP, and the Impact on Tape

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Robert Gray at rgray@idc.com
Laura Dubois at ldubois@idc.com
Christian Christiansen at cchristiansen@idc.com

 
Tentative Title Analyst

Storage and Data Management Services

 
Managed Storage Services Doug Chandler
Storage Professional Services: Storage Services Survey Doug Chandler
Storage Services Forecast and Analysis, 2006-2010 Doug Chandler
Storage Mechanisms: Disk  
Competing Storage technology - Special report John Rydning
1Q06 Industry in Review John Rydning
Worldwide  HDD 2006 to 2010 Forecast and Analysis John Rydning
Storage Mechanisms: Optical/Removable  
Worldwide Optical Automation Storage Market Forecast & Analysis 2006-2010 Wolfgang Schlichting
Worldwide CD and DVD Drive Market Forecast and Analysis, 1Q06-4Q06 Wolfgang Schlichting
Blue Laser DVD, DVD and CD Market Forecast & Analysis 2006-2010 Wolfgang Schlichting
Worldwide CD and DVD Drive Market Forecast and Analysis, 2Q06-1Q07 Wolfgang Schlichting
Storage Mechanisms: Tape  
Product Flashes as announced by Tape OEMs Robert Amatruda
Worldwide Tape Automation Forecast and Analysis, 2006-2010 Robert Amatruda
Worldwide Tape Drive Forecast and Analysis, 2006-2010 Robert Amatruda
Storage Software  
Archiving/Meta Data Management: Customer Wants and Needs - Survey Report Laura DuBois
Worldwide Storage Software 2006-2010 Market Forecast and Analysis Laura DuBois
Worldwide Backup and Archive Software 2006-2010 Market Forecast and Analysis Rhoda Phillips, Doug Chandler
Worldwide Storage Replication Software 2006-2010 Market Forecast and Analysis Rhoda Phillips
Worldwide Storage Resource Management Software 2006 - 2010 Market Forecast and Analysis Laura DuBois
Storage Systems  
The End of SANs, The Beginning of Virtualized grid-Based Storage Infrastructure Robert Gray
FC Switch Forecast 2006 Richard Villars
FCA HBA Forecast 2006 Richard Villars
Networked Controller/Storage Virtualization Forecast 2006 Richard Villars
Evolving Storage Ecosystem Richard Villars
Industry Update:  SATA-based Storage David Reinsel
Worldwide Disk Storage System Market Forecast and Analysis, 2006-2010 David Reinsel
Is the Sum Greater than the Parts? Analyzing Disk and Storage Hardware Markets in 4Q05 David Reinsel
Storage Systems with Vertical Views  
Industry 360: The Alignment of Business and IT Brad Nisbet/Daniel Corsetti
Worldwide and U.S. Disk Storage Systems 2005-2010 Forecast by Vertical Market Brad Nisbet/Daniel Corsetti
Sun Vertical Market Strategy Brad Nisbet/Daniel Corsetti
Getting Down to Business: Vertical Market Opportunities in Storage Brad Nisbet/Daniel Corsetti
 

IDC Telebriefing
Records Retention for Compliance: Strategies for Getting Stakeholders on the Same Page
With Vivian Tero
Mar 23, 2006

IDC at Storage Networking World
- The Storage Industry Is Poised For Solid Growth:  Just How Much? with David Reinsel
- The Convergence Of Security And Storage:  Can It Be Sustained? with Charles Kolodgy
- European Disk Storage Systems Market Trends & Analysis with Eric Sheppard
- Virtualization: Pulling Back The Curtain - A panel with John McArthur, Laura Dubois, Robert Gray, Richard Villars
- Getting Down To Business: Vertical Market Opportunities In Storage with Daniel Corsetti
- The Storage-As-A-Service Model And The SMB Opportunity with Doug Chandler , Ray Boggs
April 3, 2006
San Diego, CA

IDC Argentina IT Infrastructure and StorageVision Conference 2006
Keynote by David Reinsel
April 20, 2006
Buenos Aires, Argentina

IDC-KCI Compliance in Information Management Forum West
Controlling Legal Risk and Creating Business Value
With Vivian Tero and Doug Chandler 
May 10-11, 2006
Santa Clara, CA 

IDEMA Breakfast Briefing
May 2006
Contact Anne-Sophie Dankens at adankens@idc.com

IDC Executive Briefing
Competing Storage Technology with John Rydning
May 2006
Contact Anne-Sophie Dankens at adankens@idc.com

 

Storage Software Stays Hot
"IDC analyst Rhoda Phillips said the success of these technologies [storage replication and backup and archive] is driven by customer requirements for protecting and securing information in an IT environment that may have several pieces of disparate equipment."
Enterprise Storage Forum
March 13, 2006

Storage Sales Surged To $24 Billion In '05
"The external disk storage systems market growth continued to accelerate through the year," said Brad Nisbet, program IDC manager, in a statement. "Data growth was one driver, but the availability of affordable systems that support multiple tiers of storage to address data protection, business continuity requirements, and online, active archives also contributed."
InformationWeek
March 2, 2006

New Products: Seagate goes perpendicular
“Perpendicular recording re-orients the bits so that you can get more bits per unit of area, but they are more stable,” explains John Rydning, research manager for hard disk drives at International Data Corp.
InfoStor
February 22, 2006

Find the right box for your data
Open standards holds key to sharing, moving and preserving
“The storage software market continues to see strong growth driven by fundamental business and operational forces,” said Laura DuBois, research director of IDC storage software.
Washington Technology
February 12, 2006

Zantaz Integrates Solution
"Organizations are looking for a proactive solution that will not only allow for quick retrieval during pending legal matters, but will also store their data securely," said Doug Chandler, Program Director, Storage Software and Services for IDC.
ByteandSwitch
February 14, 2006

Network Appliance joins the VTL fray
Robert Amatruda, research manager for tape and removable storage at International Data Corp., says that virtual tape solves fault-tolerance problems and enables users to meet backup window objectives, but the real key to a VTL system is library support.
InfoStor
February 7, 2006

Blu-ray Discs Won’t Come Cheap
“It seems to be pretty much how much DVDs cost when they first came out and if you look back to the DVD, it was well-accepted [by consumers],” said Wolfgang Schlichting, an analyst with research firm IDC.
Red Herring
February 8, 2006

CDP survey raises questions
“CDP has the potential to offer alternatives for the data-protection market, but users still need to be educated about its benefits to avoid over-hyping of the technology,” according to the IDC analysts.
InfoStor
January 2006

 
Title
Storage and Data Management Services
  • Iron Mountain's Adobe Partnership: A Snapshot of Where Online Storage Services Are Going? - Doc # 35078
  • EMC Delivers Triple Double - Doc # 34815 
  • EMC Launches New and Enhanced Support Offerings  - Doc # 34710   
  • Iron Mountain to Acquire LiveVault - Doc # 34572  
Storage Mechanisms: Disk
  • HDS Enters the SMB Market with Partners - Doc # 34995
  • WD Introduces Its Second-Generation Scorpio Mobile 2.5in. Drive - Doc # 34845  
  • Western Digital Increases Its Highest-Capacity Disk Drive to 500GB - Doc # 34855
  • Maxtor Announces CY 4Q05 Results - Doc # 34849
  • Samsung Keeps in Step with Industry - Announces 120GB Mobile 2.5in. HDD - Doc # 34920     
  • Seagate Announces the Industry's First 1.0in. HDD with Perpendicular Recording Technology - Doc # 34921     
  • WW Hard Disk Drive Quarterly: 4Q05 - Doc # 34910
  • WD Refreshes Raptor: "Clearly" a Niche Product - Doc # 34760
  • Toshiba Refreshes Its Automotive HDD - Adding a "Spare" 10GB - Doc # 34780 
  • Underdog Cornice Impacts HDD Industry Structure - Doc # 34775
  • Cornice Unleashes a Two-Headed Dragon - Doc # 34759
  • Seagate Leads the Industry, Delivering the First 80GB per Platter Mobile 2.5in. HDD - Doc # 34781
  • Seagate Acquires Maxtor: Gutsy and Timely - Doc # 34711
  • Western Digital Announces CY 4Q05 Results - Doc # 34829
  • Seagate Announces CY 4Q05 Results - Doc # 34790
Storage Mechanisms: Optical/Removable
  • EMEA Optical/Removable Storage 1Q06/4Q06 Forecast and Analysis - Doc # 35012
  • Worldwide Holographic Storage 2006-2010 Forecast and Analysis - Doc # 34637
Storage Mechanisms: Tape
  • Worldwide Combined Disk and Tape Storage 3Q05 Market Share Update - Doc # 34987
  • Worldwide Branded Tape 3Q05 Vendor Analysis - Doc # 34928
  • HP Targets the High-Volume Tape Automation Market with Its StorageWorks MSL2024 - Doc # 34687
  • Sun Enhances Its Enterprise Tape Portfolio with Its StorageTek T10000 - Doc # 34679
  • Is the Sum Greater than the Parts? Analyzing Disk and Storage Hardware Markets in 1H05 - Doc # 34456
Storage Software
  • Storage Software Taxonomy Update, 2006 - Doc #34989
  • U.S. SMB Storage 2006: The Move to More Advanced Storage Features - Doc #34894
  • HP Continues to Expand Its Storage Software Strategy, Acquires OuterBay - Doc # 34878  
  • NSI Software Gets Virtual with Double-Take for Virtual Systems - Doc # 34952
  • Concerns Around Email Archiving for Electronic Discovery Remain Top of Mind as Amendments to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Loom on the Horizon - Doc # 34866
  • Computer Associates Partners with StoreAge; Expands Storage Portfolio - Doc # 34757
Storage Systems
  • Top 10 Predictions for Storage in 2006 - Doc # 34967
  • Fujitsu Siemens Announces New Arrays - Doc # RS53N
  • Supplier Strategies for Grid-Based Advanced Storage, 2006 - Doc # 34737
  • Grid-Based Advanced Storage, Motivations, and Storage Infrastructure Development Stages, 2006 - Doc # 34795
  • BlueArc Releases Titan 2000 - Doc # 34956
  • Adaptec NAS Gets Sassy - Doc # 34957
  • Computer Associates Partners with StoreAge; Expands Storage Portfolio - Doc # 34757
  • EMC Expands Presence in Large Data Centers and Extends Role in IP Storage - Doc # 34828
  • Exploring the Average Age, Location, and Recoverability of Europe's Corporate Data - Doc # RS52N
  • Worldwide Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter 2005-2009 Forecast Update: December 2005 - Doc # 34551
  • SAN Installed Base by Datacenter Storage Capacity - Doc # 33966

Compliance Infrastructure

  • Market for Electronic Discovery Heats Up as EMC Launches Its Own eDiscovery Solution Suite - Doc #34970
  • Worldwide Email Archiving Applications 2005-2009 Forecast and 2004 Vendor Shares: When You Need to Know That You've Got Mail - Doc # 34540
 
Service Analyst Telephone
Compliance Infrastructure Vivian Tero (508)-988-6981
  • Compliance-related storage, hardware, software, and services
   
Storage and Data Management Services Doug Chandler (508) 935-4301
  • Storage consulting services
  • Storage implementation and integration services
  • Storage management and outsourcing services
  • Storage support services
  • Storage utility/on-demand services
  • Storage area network (SAN) services
  • Data backup, replication, and archiving services
  • Other ILM/compliance-related storage services
   
Storage Mechanisms: Disk John Rydning (320) 587-5074
  • Winchester disk drives (i.e., HDD)
   
Storage Mechanisms: Optical/Removable Wolfgang Schlichting (305) 351-3085
  • Optical/removable drives
  • Optical Automation
   
Storage Mechanisms: Tape Robert Amatruda (508) 935-4049
  • Tape Drives
  • Tape libraries and automation
   
Storage Software Laura DuBois (508) 988-7990
  • Backup and archive software
  • Storage management software
  • Storage replication software
  • File system software
Doug Chandler
Laura DuBois
Rhoda Phillips
Laura DuBois
(508) 935-4301
(508) 988-7990
(508) 988-7556
(508) 988-7990
Storage Systems David Reinsel (320) 587-1000
  • Disk storage systems hardware, including SAN infrastructure



  • Optical automation systems
  • Tape automation systems
Natalya Yezkhova
Brad Nisbet
Robert Gray
Richard Villars
Wolfgang Schlichting
Robert Amatruda
(508) 935-4281
(508) 988-6917
(508) 935-4201
(508) 935-4599
(305) 351-3085
(508) 935-4049
Storage Systems with Vertical Views Brad Nisbet (508) 988-6917
     
Worldwide and U.S. Tape Drive and Tape Automation Qview Robert Amatruda (508) 935-4049
     
Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker Brad Nisbet
Hoang Nguyen
Liz Conner
(508) 988-6917
(508) 935-4718
(508) 988-6993
     
Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker Michael Margossian
Hoang Nguyen
(508) 988-6756
(508) 935-4718
     
All Program Inquiries Lee Bedar (508) 935-4298
 
Contact Anne-Sophie Dankens at 508-935-4313 or adankens@idc.com
 
 

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