This study provides a top-down sizing of the archive and HSM market in 2005 and a 2006-2010 forecast for this market. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market and by geographic region and operating environment. This study does not contain vendor-specific revenue, market shares, or vendor profiles, all of which will be published in a separate study later in 2006.

"Once policies are well understood and processes well defined, automated content-based classification, policy-based data management and tiered storage architectures become important components for a companywide archive strategy. Archiving begins with the alignment of business and IT and the development of archiving policies for how a firm wants to manage its information assets. Corporate governance, regulatory compliance, legal electronic discovery implications and storage optimization all play a role in guiding the development of these archiving policies." - Laura DuBois, research director, Storage Software