Another First for Autonomy
June 16, 2010
Here’s the headline: “Autonomy Has Fastest Archiving Revenue Growth among the Top Six Suppliers.” I was intrigued. I think of archiving as the sort of work that takes place when an organization performs a records management function. Archiving is more than a back up. The other point that I did not immediately grasp was the phrase “top six suppliers.” Thee guts of the write up is a report from a consulting firm that specializes in technical fields. I did a bit of poking around and learned here that the storage software vendors in the study were:
- EMC with a reported / estimated market share of 21.7 percent and first quarter 2010 revenue of about $700 million
- Symantec with a reported /estimated market share of 18.5 percent and first quarter revenue of about $530 million
- IBM with a reported /estimated market share of 14.2 percent and first quarter revenue of about $430million
- NetApp with a reported /estimated market share of 8.3 percent and first quarter revenue of about $250 million
- Computer Associates or CA as the firm prefers being called today with a reported /estimated market share of 3.5 percent and first quarter revenue of about $105 million.
This is an estimated / projected market of about $3.1 billion. The top five vendors account for about 70 percent of the revenue.
What surprised me was IBM’s third place ranking. Symantec may be the vendor in the Top Three most vulnerable to the incursions of competitors. The final point that I noted is that with $1 billion divided among “Others”, newcomers may face considerable competition from incumbents and smaller players alike. The summary I saw talked about some business points such as the growth of storage revenues and IDC’s business services. Final question: “And the cloud?”
Stephen E Arnold, June 16, 2010
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