Home Servers and Consumer Storage: Analysis and Forecasts

Table of Contents

1.0 Notes on Methodology

• 1.1 Data Sources
• 1.2 Definitions

2.0 Consumer Storage: An Overview

• 2.1 Classifying Storage Solutions
  • 2.1.1 Network-hosted/Online Storage
  • 2.1.2 Portable/Mobile Storage
  • 2.1.3 Direct Attached Storage
  • 2.1.4 Network Attached Storage
  • 2.1.5 Home Server

3.0 Catalysts for the Home Server

• 3.1 Consumer Factors
  • 3.1.1 Digital Media Use on the Rise
  • 3.1.2 Backup and Safekeeping
  • 3.1.3 Sharing
  • 3.1.4 Home Networking' s Evolution beyond Just Data
• 3.2 Business Factors
  • 3.2.1 Established Players Seeking New Markets
  • 3.2.2 The Role of Service Providers: Network-hosted and Local Storage Strategies
• 3.3 Key Components of the Consumer Storage Experience
  • 3.3.1 Connectivity Approaches
  • 3.3.2 Storage Media
    • 3.3.2.1 Flash Memory
  • 3.3.3 Home Networking Technologies
  • 3.3.4 Software/Middleware Solutions
  • 3.3.5 Industry-led Efforts to Create Connected Product Ecosystems

4.0 Market Forecasts

5.0 Conclusions and Recommendations

• 5.1 For Storage CE Companies
• 5.2 For Service Providers
• 5.3 For Technology Providers

1.0 Profiles

• 1.1 Silicon Companies
  • 1.1.1 Broadcom
  • 1.1.2 Marvell
  • 1.1.3 LSI Corporation
  • 1.1.4 Oxford Semiconductor
  • 1.1.5 PMC-Sierra Incorporated
• 1.2 Disk and Memory Companies
  • 1.2.1 Fujitsu Limited
  • 1.2.2 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
  • 1.2.3 Hynix
  • 1.2.4 Intel
  • 1.2.5 Micron Technology
  • 1.2.6 SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd
  • 1.2.7 Seagate Technology LLC
  • 1.2.8 Spansion
  • 1.2.9 SMSC
  • 1.2.10 Toshiba
  • 1.2.11 Western Digital
• 1.3 NAS Enclosure Companies
  • 1.3.1 D-Link
  • 1.3.2 Helios
  • 1.3.3 NETGEAR
  • 1.3.4 Promise Technology
  • 1.3.5 Ximeta
  • 1.3.6 Zetera
  • 1.3.7 ZyXEL
• 1.4 Network-hosted Storage
  • 1.4.1 Allmydata.com
  • 1.4.2 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
  • 1.4.3 Box.net
  • 1.4.4 Carbonite
  • 1.4.5 eSnips Ltd.
  • 1.4.6 Fabrik
  • 1.4.7 Flipdrive
  • 1.4.8 HP Upline
  • 1.4.9 IBackup
  • 1.4.10 iStorage by Iomega
  • 1.4.11 MioNet by Western Digital
  • 1.4.12 Mozy by EMC
  • 1.4.13 Omnidrive
  • 1.4.14 Openomy
  • 1.4.15 Strongspace by Joyent
  • 1.4.16 SugarSync by Sharpcast, Inc.
• 1.5 Portable Software Companies
  • 1.5.1 Buffalo
  • 1.5.2 Fujitsu Limited
  • 1.5.3 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
  • 1.5.4 HP
  • 1.5.5 Iomega
  • 1.5.6 LaCie
  • 1.5.7 Philips
  • 1.5.8 SanDisk Corporation
  • 1.5.9 Seagate Technology LLC
  • 1.5.10 SimpleTech by Fabrik
  • 1.5.11 Storage Application Corporation
  • 1.5.12 Toshiba
  • 1.5.13 Western Digital
  • 1.5.14 Ximeta
• 1.6 Direct Attached Storage Companies
  • 1.6.1 Buffalo
  • 1.6.2 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
  • 1.6.3 Hammer Storage
  • 1.6.4 Iomega
  • 1.6.5 LaCie
  • 1.6.6 Philips
  • 1.6.7 Seagate Technology LLC
  • 1.6.8 SimpleTech by Fabrik
  • 1.6.9 Western Digital
• 1.7 Network Attached Storage Companies
  • 1.7.1 Buffalo
  • 1.7.2 Hammer Storage
  • 1.7.3 LaCie
  • 1.7.4 Philips
  • 1.7.5 Western Digital
• 1.8 Home Server Companies
  • 1.8.1 Apple
  • 1.8.2 Buffalo
  • 1.8.3 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers
  • 1.8.4 HP
  • 1.8.5 Iomega
  • 1.8.6 LaCie
  • 1.8.7 Philips
  • 1.8.8 Seagate Technology LLC
  • 1.8.9 TranquilPC
• 1.9 Software Companies
  • 1.9.1 Axentra
  • 1.9.2 Digion
  • 1.9.3 EMC
  • 1.9.4 J. River, Inc.
  • 1.9.5 Macrovision
  • 1.9.6 Microsoft
  • 1.9.7 PacketVideo by Nextwave Wireless Inc.
  • 1.9.8 QNX Software
  • 1.9.9 Syabas Technology Inc.

• Portable Device Adoption and Usage
• Use of Digital Platforms by Media Type
• Network-hosted Storage Environment
• Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage Only
• Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage and Sharing
• Network-hosted Storage Solution for Storage, Sharing and Social Networking
• Major Digital Storage/Backup Deployments
• Forecast of Annual Revenue of Broadband Service Provider-Provisioned Online Storage Services
• Portable Storage Devices
• Direct Attached Storage Devices
• Network Attached Storage Devices
• Home Server Devices
• Digital Media Activities (2006 vs. 2007)
• Broadband Video Activities: At Least Weekly
• Total Gigabytes Used (Average) for Digital Media Storage
• Households Using Place-shifting Solutions
• Interest in Computer Features
• How Do Internet Users Back up Documents and Content?
• Important Storage Features for NAS Devices
• Online Sharing Activities: Communication and Information
• Important Sharing Features for NAS Devices
• Data Network Growth Forecast
• Defining Home Networking
• Important Networking Features for NAS Devices
• Willingness to Pay for a Network-Hosted Storage Solution
• Home Networking Technologies
• Network Media Market Share: As a Percentage of Networked Devices
• Software/Middleware Providers
• DLNA Vision