Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Disk Storage Systems 2009-2013 Forecast and Analysis

This IDC study has portrayed the decline of the disk storage market in 2008 due to the economy downturn, and has analyzed the future growth in external disk market size, hot spots, network connectivity, OSs, price band, and size class respectively. Furthermore, the forecast for the next five years is based on the current market situation, involving the macroeconomic growth factors, new technology influences, and suppliers' market strategies.

"During the economy downturn, disk storage system is no longer a tool to protect business data value within the enterprise datacenter; it is the core innovation to identify business opportunity and leverage existing enterprise capability to achieve the opportunity. By understanding market contributors, taking lessons from market practices, and initiating product uniqueness, storage suppliers will be able to obtain a greater success in the Asia/Pacific disk storage market. On the other hand, the reduction of total cost of ownership (TCO) and energy usage will be achieved by adopting suitable storage infrastructure and exercising multiple system solutions. End users will largely rely on the innovations like virtualization and "green." It is just a matter of time before the disk storage systems will apply to all sorts of roles in both enterprises and consumers," says Reco Li, senior research analyst, Storage Research, IDC Asia/Pacific.