EMC extends lead again in worldwide external disk storage systems revenue in third quarter, analyst firm reports

EMC grew its portion of the market for the fifth consecutive quarter on a year-over-year basis and gained more share, year-over-year, than any of the next six largest suppliers.

Articulating the relevance of these figures for customers in the region, Mohammed Amin, general manager, EMC Middle East said, "Regional demand for information storage remains robust and this is reflected in the latest IDC report. Software continues to be a key focus for EMC in the region as an increasing number of regional businesses are building information lifecycle management (ILM) strategies and automating their storage environments, boosting EMC's regional market share."

EMC is currently hosting a series of customer events around the Middle East aimed at increasing regional awareness about the competitive and cost-related benefits of its storage solutions, especially in sectors such as telecoms, banking, and energy.

IDC also reported EMC widened its revenue share lead in worldwide networked storage revenue, which includes Fibre Channel SANs, iSCSI SANs and network-attached storage (NAS), gaining more share than any of the next six largest suppliers, compared to the year-ago quarter.

The market research firm further reported EMC led in external RAID disk storage systems revenue in Western Europe for the second consecutive quarter and recorded the highest year-over-year revenue growth among the five largest suppliers in Asia Pacific.