This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the archiving software market in 2007 and a 2008–2012 forecast for this market. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market and by geographic region and operating environment. This study does not contain vendor-specific revenue, market shares, or vendor profiles, all of which will be published in separate studies in 2008.

"Ongoing investment is occurring in the areas of ediscovery, record retention, and improving operational storage management," said Laura DuBois, research director for Storage Software. "We see ongoing investment in software functionality to help users better manage, retain, retrieve, and dispose of data in the context of not only business need but also in response to audits and discovery requests.