New Business Opportunities Brought by Network Disk Market

the Realities of SMB Data Management

Publication Date	January 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	9
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC03746

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Summary

This IDC Insight focuses on the unit shipments and capacity shipments of network disk systems and describes IDC's observations on the impact the emergence of this market has on the existing Japan storage market. Demand for network disk systems is growing rapidly among small and medium system users in Japan. In 1H07, unit shipments for network disk was 7.3 times more than that of the Japan NAS market in IDC's studies and the capacity shipments was also 2.6 times more.

Content

IDC Opinion
In This Insight
- Definition
- Figure: Japan NAS Market and Japan Network Disk Market
Situation Overview
- Characteristics of Network Disks
- Figure: Representative Models of Network Disk, 1H07
- Network Disk Sales Channel
- Demand Areas of Network Disk
- Figure: Types of Users and Usage of Network Disk
- Market Overview of Japan NAS and Network Disk
- Figure: Comparison of Japan NAS and Network Disk, 1H07
- Table: Comparison of Japan Entry-Level/Low-End NAS and Network Disk, 1H07
- Rapid Increase in Capacity Needs
- Figure: Demand for Storage Capacity: Capacity Shipments for External Disk Storage Systems and Network Disk Systems, 1H07
Future Outlook
- Potential for New Demand: Japan Network Disk Suppliers
- Potential for New Demand: Japan Storage Suppliers