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Sands Shift Under NAS Market: Page 2 of 2

Other highlights from the report:

  • The fiercest fight is in the high-end segment, where at least ten startups are battling EMC and NetApp for market share.
  • Midtier system demand will be key for market growth, as the next major slice of NAS customers will likely be in the small and medium-sized business (SMB) space.
  • Microsoft's Windows Storage Server is expected to revitalize the low end of the NAS market.

Public companies analyzed in the 12-page report include: Dell Computer Corp. (Nasdaq: DELL); EMC; Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ); Iomega Corp. (NYSE: IOM); Microsoft; and Network Appliance.

Private companies covered include: BlueArc Corp., Ciprico Inc., Cloverleaf Communications Inc., Isilon Systems, Maximum Throughput Inc. (Max-T), ONStor Inc., Panasas Inc., Pillar Data Systems, Snap Appliance Inc., and Spinnaker Networks Inc. (which NetApp last week said it plans to acquire -- see NetApp Maps NAS Path and NetApp Annexes Spinnaker).

— Todd Spangler, US Editor, Byte and Switch

More information about the current Byte and Switch Insider report, "NAS Market Update", is available here