Abstract
This IDC update considers the 2007 disk and tape storage market dynamics in the
overall Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region and its 13 country
markets (Australia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand,
the Philippines, the People' s Republic of China [PRC], Singapore, Taiwan,
Thailand, and Vietnam).
In particular, this update seeks to explore the relationship between disk and
tape storage. Are disk and tape storage competing technologies or do both cater
to a discrete set of functions? IDC postulates that both disk and tape storage
technologies have their respective virtues, and are often deployed at varying
degrees for data backup, protection, archiving, and disaster recovery
solutions. Both have niche functions and rarely will either supersede and
replace the other in terms of functionality. This is especially the case in
APEJ. Furthermore, the introduction of virtual tape libraries and removable
hard disk drives (RHDDs) are blurring the lines of distinction between disk and
tape solutions. Therefore, in an effort to bring visibility to the strategic
choices that are being made, IDC leverages its breadth of coverage of the APEJ
storage market from a combined disk and branded tape storage perspective.
The first section of this update highlights the situation overview of the APEJ
storage market and the prevailing market conditions in 2007. This is followed
by an assessment of the APEJ disk and tape market mix and illustrations of key
storage vendor performances. An outline of the forecast for disk and tape
storage through 2012 is also highlighted. This update concludes with an outline
of the market share and product mix of the individual country markets and an in
depth discussion of the three largest country markets.
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