Worldwide external controller-based (ECB) disk storage revenue in 2010 grew 18.1% and reached $19.4bn, as compared with the previous year, according to Gartner.
The total revenue from Worldwide ECB stood at $19.4bn in 2010, an increase of 18.1% compared to $16.5bn in the year 2009.
The ECB disk storage market revenue in the year 2010 increased by 32.4% to $5.4bn, compared to $4.1bn in 2009.
IBM and NetApp revenues increased to $2.8bn and $2.1bn, respectively, from $2.4bn and $1.4bn for the previous year.
According to Gartner, NetApp registered strongest growth among the top-tier vendors in 2010 with a revenue increase of 50.9% from 2009.
Gartner research vice-president Roger Cox said storage infrastructure modernisation, expanded server and desktop virtualisation projects, disk-based backup and archiving deployments, new file-oriented applications, and cloud-based service offerings are the engines that are propelling ECB disk storage vendor revenue growth.
"Clearly, IT executives are showing a willingness to invest in new and modern ECB disk storage offerings that address complexity, reduce opex and improve utilisation while satisfying demanding service-level agreements," Cox said.
