This IDC study reviews IDC's storage team's 2005 storage predictions and highlights the major technology and market forces that will shape the storage industry in 2006. It also discusses a number of issues that will begin to affect the market in 2007 and beyond.

"IDC's top 10 storage predictions continue to reflect some of the dynamics we've noted in previous years. However, this year's predictions also reflect the impact of various natural disasters as well as the growing opportunity from smaller, less sophisticated consumers of storage." ? Dave Reinsel, director, Storage Research