IDC's Central and Eastern European Disk Storage Systems service analyzes the major market dynamics covering disk systems. The service ranks vendor performance by revenue, unit shipments, and terabytes, and examines how storage market evolution in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is reflected in emerging technologies and trends, including the move towards networked storage. Our storage series quantifies opportunities and market dynamics across the region, pinpointing key trends so that business leaders can make strategic decisions to help their companies stay competitive.

This series covers the following markets and segments:

• Individual country studies for the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, and Ukraine
• Disk storage systems
• Internal/external storage systems
• Network attached storage (NAS)
• Storage area networks (SANs)

Throughout the year, this service will address key topics such as:

• Market sizing
• Vendor market shares
• Vendor competitive analysis/positioning
• Economic and political factors influencing market development
• Market impact of changing technology

This service addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. How do your company's storage system sales compare with those of your competitors?
2. What is the country composition of the CEE market?
3. Which products are being introduced by your competitors and what is their market impact?
4. What is the opportunity for internal RAID?
5. Will networked storage replace internal and server attached storage?
6. Will network attached storage remain a distinct market from storage area networks? Or will the technologies merge?
7. Which platforms, applications, and technologies offer the greatest market opportunities?

IDC's Central and Eastern European Disk Storage Systems service offers comprehensive analysis of product strategies, competitive positioning, and strategic direction for major industry vendors, including:

Acer, Dell, EMC, Fujitsu Siemens, HDS, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, Network Storage Solutions, Raidtec, SGI, StorageTek, Sun Microsystems, Toshiba, and Unisys.

Throughout the year, this service offers insight into the latest trends affecting the market.

Hungary Disk Storage Systems 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares

Romania Disk Storage Systems 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares

Slovakia Disk Storage Systems 2009-2013 Forecast and 2008 Vendor Shares

These studies focus on country disk storage markets. Each one ranks vendor performance in key metrics such as revenue, terabytes, and units. They present market sizing, five-year forecasts, and analysis of the major market trends. Each study also profiles leading storage vendors and distribution channels.

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