Canadian Storage Systems 2008-2012 Forecast

Table of Contents

• Table of Contents
• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
  • Methodology
  • Executive Summary
• Situation Overview
  • Market Group Overview
  • Figure: IDC' s Storage Taxonomy
    • Taxonomy Definitions
      • Storage Mechanisms
      • Storage Systems
      • Storage Network Infrastructure
    • Canadian Storage Market Coverage
  • Assess Current Situation
    • What Happened in 2007
  • Forces Shaping Market Development
    • Threat of New Entrants
    • Threat of Substitutes
      • Ethernet-Based Storage Disrupts Fibre Channel Storage Architectures
      • Clustered Storage Mild Substitution Threat in Data-Intensive Vertical Industries
      • Virtual Tape Won' t Make Tape Systems Disappear Soon
    • Bargaining Power of Customers
    • Bargaining Power of Suppliers
    • Competitive Rivalry
• Future Outlook
  • Forecast and Assumptions
  • Table: Canada Storage Systems Spending by Segment, 2005-2011 (US$M)
  • Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Canadian ICT Market, 2008-2012
  • Market Context
  • Table: Canada Storage Systems Spending by Segment, 2007-2012 (US$M)
  • Figure: Canada Storage Systems Spending, 2005-2012: Comparison of August 2007 and May 2007 Forecasts
  • Key Forecast Takeaways
    • Utilities and Communications and Media will Lead Storage Spending Growth in 2008, While Business Services and Banking will Spend the Most
    • Figure: Canada Storage Systems Spending Growth by Vertical Industry, 2008
    • Large Organizations will Represent the Lion' s Share of Storage Spending
    • Figure: Canada Storage Systems Spending Growth by Company Size, 2007-2009
• Essential Guidance
  • Advice for Vendors
    • Segments to Attack
    • Value Proposition
    • Marketing Messages
  • Advice for Buyers
    • Server Virtualization and IP Storage
    • Storage Virtualization
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  • Related Research
  • Methodology
  • Synopsis