Results from the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Storage Software QView show the worldwide storage software market increased 6,1% year over year during the third calendar quarter of 2014 (3Q14). Revenue during the quarter totalled nearly $3,8-billion.
“Storage software sales were up across all functional markets, but software-defined storage platforms sales clearly led the pack,” says Jingwen Li, research analyst: storage software at IDC. “Up 39,4% year over year, the software-defined storage platforms market is benefiting from an increased desire to control costs by utilizing commodity hardware when building storage systems.”
EMC maintained its position as the leading storage software supplier with a worldwide market share of 27,2%, followed by IBM (14,2%) and Symantec (12,8%). Data protection and recovery software sales were up 6,1% year over year to $1,4-billion in sales. Sales of storage infrastructure software were up 6,5% year over year to $421,5-million. And storage and device management software sales were up 7,3% year over year to $734-million.
