EMC named 'number-one most-shipped storage for mission-critical applications
EMC Corporation Monday announced that it has been named the number-one storage vendor for both revenue and storage capacity shipped in IDC's Storage User Demand Survey (SUDS) for the first half of 2013, which polls 1000+ end users from around the world.
The survey focuses on analyzing current and future deployments of enterprise storage systems for particular data uses ranging from major enterprise applications to various segments of IT infrastructure support.
EMC is recognized as the top storage solution for Microsoft Exchange, Oracle and SAP applications, industry-specific applications, home directories, business intelligence and analytics, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) and virtual servers.
The study estimates that EMC led capacity with 26.3 per cent of the overall external enterprise storage systems terabytes shipped in 1H13, and 30.8 per cent revenue share . This is the third consecutive year that EMC has ranked Number 1 in this study, based on these criteria, a press statement from EMC said.
In addition to the select data use cases covered, IDC also found that the booming flash market will continue to grow over the next 12 months, with 48 per cent of respondents planning to purchase solid state storage (SSD and/or PCIe flash) in that timeframe. With several widely deployed flash solutions in its portfolio, EMC believes it is poised to help customers leverage flash as part of their overall storage strategy as demand for flash grows.
Chris Green, VP/Enterprise Solutions Architect, Washington Trust Bank, said: “There’s a reason so many companies standardize on EMC. Tested and proven technology, a broad portfolio, stellar services and flawless performance are what drew us to EMC solutions for execution of our storage strategy. We can’t afford to compromise our mission-critical apps, and EMC gives us the speed and access to reliably run them anytime. It’s no surprise that EMC is number one in this space—and yes, we’re looking at our EMC flash options for 2015.”
Natalya Yezhkova, Research Director, IDC, said: “For the third year of the IDC's Storage User Demand Study, EMC has come out as a leading supplier of external enterprise storage systems with regard to both revenue and capacity for most data use cases covered by the study. As enterprise application environments become more complex and the demand for flash grows, IDC analysis demonstrates that EMC is shipping the most storage capacity in support of today’s mission-critical IT needs.”
Jeremy Burton, President, Products and Marketing, EMC, said EMC’s portfolio is designed to handle major enterprise apps across a variety of environments. “And flash is a very powerful tool that allows “EMC to help customers manage these critical challenges,” Burton added.
