Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast, 2015–2019

Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Market Forecast

This study provides historical data (2010–2014) and a forecast (2015–2019) for the worldwide and U.S. enterprise storage systems markets. The forecast and historical data focus on end-user consumption of three categories of enterprise storage systems — external, internal, and "other", which covers cumulative shipments of systems sold by original design manufacturers. For each of these categories, IDC has estimates value (end-user spending), terabytes, and price per gigabyte.

There is no shortage in trends that disrupt the enterprise storage systems market. Many of these trends are driven by the proliferation of the 3rd Platform, which not only causes growth of new applications and data but also pushes enterprises to adapt to new IT requirements. Cloud, flash, software-defined storage, hyperconverged systems, and open standards are the most significant components enabling adoption of storage infrastructures to these requirements.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Attachments

IDC Market Forecast Figure

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue Snapshot

Executive Summary

Advice for Technology Suppliers

Market Forecast

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue Growth by Storage Location, 2014–2019

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue by Storage Location, 2010–2019 ($B)

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped by Storage Location, 2010–2019 (PB)

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Price per Gigabyte by Storage Location, 2010–2019 ($)

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipment Share by Storage Location, 2014 and 2019

Enterprise Storage Systems and Other Enterprise Storage Markets

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Hardware, Software, and Services Revenue, 2010–2018 ($B)

Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast by Region

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue by Region, 2010–2019 ($B)

External Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast by Protocol and Price Band

Table: Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue by Topology, Installation, and Protocol, 2010–2019 ($B)

Table: Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped by Topology, Installation, and Protocol, 2010–2019 (PB)

U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Forecast

Table: U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue by Storage Location, 2010–2019 ($B)

Table: U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped by Storage Location, 2010–2019 (PB)

Table: U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Price per Gigabyte by Storage Location, 2010–2019 ($)

Figure: U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue Share by Storage Location, 2014–2019

Figure: U.S. Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipment Share by Storage Location, 2014–2019

Market Context

Drivers and Inhibitors

Drivers

Macroeconomic Factors

Flash Storage

Storage for Big Data and Business Analytics

Inhibitors

Hyperscale Public Cloud Datacenters

Software-Based Storage

Significant Market Developments

Public and Private Cloud

Software-Defined Storage and Open Compute

Changes from Prior Forecast

Table: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue, Capacity Shipped, and Price per Gigabyte, 2010–2019: Comparison of March 2015 and May 2015 Forecasts

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue, 2010–2019: Comparison of March 2015 and May 2015 Forecasts

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Revenue Growth, 2011–2019: Comparison of March 2015 and May 2015 Forecasts

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped, 2010–2019: Comparison of March 2015 and May 2015 Forecasts

Figure: Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Capacity Shipped Growth, 2011–2019: Comparison of March 2015 and May 2015 Forecasts

Market Definition

Enterprise Storage Systems Definition

Entry-Level Business Storage

Technology Segmentations

Vendor Type

Storage Product Category

Data Redundancy

Operating System

Protocol

Installation

Topology

Storage Class/Price Band

Storage Class

Price Band

Enterprise Storage Market Metrics

Methodology

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