ARMONK, NY, Dec 10 (MARKET WIRE) --
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that a new IDC report [1] indicates the
company continued in Q3'07 as the storage software market leader [2]. This
marks
the eleventh consecutive quarter that IBM Storage Software revenue outpaced
the storage software market according to IDC.
As measured by the Q3'07 IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker,
IBM
grew storage software revenues 16.5 percent year-over-year, reflecting in 12.4
percent of the total storage software market. Of the top three storage
software market share leaders in Q3'07, IBM had the greatest revenue growth,
according to the report.
"The IBM System Storage portfolio is the most trusted storage portfolio in
the world -- targeted at providing our clients leading disk, tape and storage
software solutions," said Brian Hamel, Vice President of Sales, IBM System
Storage. "We are focused on bringing innovative solutions to clients that
help solve the most critical client challenges today -- energy savings,
security, IT optimization, and data retention in an increasingly regulated world
--
challenges that result in IBM System Storage products that help clients deliver
and utilize information on demand."
According to the same report, IBM achieved year-over-year revenue growth
inkey storage software segments including Storage Replication (+17.6 percent
year-over-year), Storage Management (+15.4 percent year-over-year), File
System (+14.6 percent year-over-year), Archive & HSM (+11.1 percent
year-over-year), Storage Infrastructure (+12.8 percent year-over-year),
andStorage Device Management (+15.5 percent year-over-year).
Storage Momentum for IBM
Last week, the Q3'07 Worldwide Disk Storage Tracker was announced by IDC,
which shows IBM achieved year-over-year quarterly growth [3] and
additionally, in September 2007, IBM announced it was the number one
vendorfor all tape storage solutions -- nearly four years running -- based on an
IDC report [4].
About IBM
For more information about IBM and IBM storage, visit
http://www.ibm.com/storage
[1] Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Storage Software Tracker, Q3 2007
[2] IBM is reported as the combined entity of IBM and SofTek from Q2 2007
going forward
[3] Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker, Q3 2007
[4] Source: IDC Worldwide Branded Tape Market Share Report, Q2 2007
Contact:
Charles Zinkowski
IBM Global Media Relations
917-472-3415
charlesz@us.ibm.com
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