This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the worldwide storage replication software market in 2005 and provides a 2006-2010 forecast for this market. Specific vendor revenue and market shares are not included in this study but will appear in a competitive analysis study later in the year. Revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market and by geographic region.

"As business requirements for implementing data protection and disaster recovery plans continue to be a primary concern to customers, replication software plays a pivotal role in the process," said Rhoda Phillips, research manager of IDC's Storage Software program. "This in turn will further the positive growth in the storage replication market; with the requirements to comply with a growing list of regulations and the need to protect critical data against natural disasters, IDC is optimistic that positive growth will continue through 2010."