This IDC study of the disk storage market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ provides an analysis of the market in 2005 and an overview of the market strategies of the key vendors that compete in the market as well as forecasts for the 12 countries through to 2010. This study also discusses the key issues, market accelerators, and market inhibitors as well as provides a detailed assessment of the factors that are expected to impact the markets within the forecast period.

"The growth of information that needs to be stored and managed is an ongoing challenge to most organizations. Disk storage systems are the foundation and repository of organizations' critical data. Consequently, investment in a network storage infrastructure supported by suitable storage software and storage and data management practices is becoming mandatory and an essential ingredient in a cost-effective and flexible storage solution," observes Graham Penn, IDC associate vice president, Storage Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.