In addition, regulations governing data storage for consumer privacy protection or the movement of financial data have stiffened, driving the need for compliance software, North said. Storing email that can be searched and retrieved, for example, are no longer options.
All of the major storage software segments posted double-digit revenue growth in the fourth quarter, IDC said. The back-up and archive market increased 17.6 percent, storage replication, 14.7 percent; and storage resource management, 16.2 percent.
For the full year, the storage resource management market posted the strongest growth of 11.3 percent, followed by storage replication at 9.5 percent.
EMC led the overall market in the fourth quarter with a 31.7 percent revenue share, 2 points higher than a year ago. Veritas was second with 21.9 percent, followed by Computer Associates, 9.8 percent; IBM, 8.3 percent; and Hewlett-Packard, 7.9 percent.
For the full year, the ranking remained the same. Revenue shares were EMC, 30.7 percent; Veritas, 21.3 percent; Computer Associates, 9.3 percent; IBM, 8.6 percent; and HP, 7.9 percent.
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