Abstract
This IDC study reviews the 2007 predictions and previews of IDC' s storage team
and the technologies and market forces that will shape the storage industry in
2008.
Demand for storage capacity continues to grow at a rate of nearly 60% per year,
and IDC believes that during 2008, the industry will see significant shifts in
the way data is stored, managed, and protected, and create a variety of
critical transition points.
"In the past several years, storage trends have tended to be tactical and
focused on developments in specific technologies," said Benjamin S. Woo, vice
president, Enterprise Storage Systems at IDC. "2008 is likely to represent an
inflection point in the way applications and storage will be interfaced."
"The overarching theme of storage efficiency will intensify throughout 2008 and
increase the industry' s focus on virtualization strategies and green
initiatives as well as information consolidation techniques like
deduplication," added Dave Reinsel, vice president of Storage and Semiconductor
research.
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