The Canadian disk storage market continues to be very competitive as end users update their storage architecture in order to take advantage of the next generation of data management products and solutions. IDC's Canadian Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker provides a comprehensive view of today's dynamic storage market, identifying growing market segments for storage hardware , software and services vendors to align products, marketing, and sales with demand. The research program provides a complete view of the disk storage market, uncovering opportunities as they arise, along with industry-leading analysis and insights to address emerging sector trends such as virtualization, consolidation, and data stratification. The supply-side research is supported by demand-side and channel resources encompassing all major technologies, price bands, and product lines in the Canadian disk storage market. The insights provided by this service can help clients and their and channel partners more effectively retire quotas, leading to increased revenue growth and market share.

This product covers the following segments of the Canadian disk storage systems market:

• Key vendors: Dell, EMC, IBM, HDS, HP, Sun, NetApp and others
• NAS, SAN, DAS, and iSCSI
• DAS by operating system
• External and internal storage

Throughout the year, this product will address the following topics:

• Revenue, unit shipments, and terabytes
• Storage system price bands
• Product-line detail by NAS, SAN, and DAS
• Operating system attach rates for DAS
• RAID versus JBOD
• Channel: Direct, reseller (includes dealers and distributors), value-added reseller/systems integrator (VAR/SI), and other
• Quarterly and five-year rolling forecast

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. Where is the Canadian disk storage systems market growing and how fast?
2. Where are competitors' strengths and weaknesses?
3. What are the solution bundles that best address customer needs?
4. Which go-to-market strategies are appropriate for which segments?

IDC's Canadian Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker examines how storage system providers are positioning themselves to compete in the disk storage market. This product reviews the strategies, market positioning, and future direction of the leading providers in the disk storage market, including Dell, EMC, HDS, HP, IBM, Network Appliance, and Sun Microsystems.

IDC's Canadian Quarterly Disk Storage Systems Tracker is distributed via email in an Excel pivot table file each quarter. The data is accessed through a flexible, interactive interface.

Data is delivered during week 10 after the close of each quarter.

Ten hours of access to an analyst for specific inquiries is included.

This market update and strategy review provides analysis, insights, and in-depth guidance on the disk storage systems ecosystem with customized advice.

As a privately held company, IDC believes that our customers are our primary constituency. A large percentage of every revenue dollar is reinvested back into our products, including more analysts, more geographic coverage, and extensive primary research.

Our steady growth over the past 10-plus years reflects our commitment to investing in our customers.