IBM Leads In Worldwide Tape Revenue Share, According to Leading Market Research Firm23 November 2005
IDC, a leading IT market research and advisory
firm, reported today that in the first half of 2005, IBM was once again the
number one tape product vendor in the world based on branded factory
revenue [1]. IBM continued to build upon its revenue leadership position
it established in 2004.
The report indicated that at the close of the first half of the year, IBM
held the top spot in worldwide tape revenue with a 30 percent share. IBM
was also the number one vendor in terms of worldwide revenue for tape
automation with a 26 percent share, and for enterprise tape drives with a
53 percent share according to the report.
"IBM created its tape business more than 50 years ago and is focused on a
very simple strategy," said Cindy Grossman, vice president, Tape Storage
Systems, IBM. "IBM builds robust storage systems that are designed to
deliver technology innovation to help address customer business problems
including cost control, business continuity, data retention and information
life cycle management."
IBM's most recent tape customers include Fox Broadcasting Company and Sony
Pictures Imageworks, Inc. Just last month, IBM announced an expanded
portfolio of tape and archival storage solutions for enterprise and
midrange users. Some of the new products include the IBM System Storage
TS1120, the next generation of the IBM TotalStorage Enterprise Tape Drive
3592 designed for high capacity and fast data access, the IBM System
Storage TS3310 Tape Library with LTO Generation 3 tape drives for scalable
modular growth, and the IBM Virtualization Engine TS7510 for backup window
management and tape resource sharing.
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years of
leadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from across
IBM and key IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services,
solutions and technologies that help enable customers, large and small, to
take full advantage of the new era of e-business on demand. For more
information about IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com. For more information on
IBM's on storage products, visit http://www.ibm.com/storage.
[1] Source: IDC, Worldwide Branded Tape Market Analysis, First Half 2005,
#34360, November 2005.
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