IDC's Storage Software service analyzes the opportunities, technologies, use cases, and trends that are reshaping the storage software market and continue to drive its growth. This service provides the market intelligence to help product, marketing, and strategic planning professionals create successful business strategies. Subscribers to this service receive direct access to IDC's top industry experts, who provide market insights, competitive analysis, and positioning advice; identify strategic partnering opportunities; assist with speaking to the investment community; and provide press quotes and more.

• Data protection and recovery software
• Storage replication software
• Archiving (unstructured and semistructured) software
• Storage and device management software
• Storage infrastructure software
• Adoption of storage software in cloud models
• Remote office protection and recovery methods
• Emerging standards and their impact on storage software products and vendor strategies
• Convergence of technology to address business continuity, operational recovery, and disaster recovery
• Virtualization's impact on storage software
• Unstructured archiving strategies, approaches, and best practices
• Convergence of storage management with datacenter orchestration
• Benefits, challenges, and considerations of file- and block-level tiering

• Worldwide Data Protection and Recovery Software Forecast and Analysis with Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Storage and Device Management Software Forecast and Analysis with Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Storage Replication Software Forecast and Analysis with Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Archiving Software Forecast and Analysis with Vendor Shares
• Worldwide Storage Software Forecast and Analysis with Vendor Shares
• Vendor Profiles, Case Studies, Demand-Side Viewpoints, End-User Insights, and Market Predictions

In addition to the insight provided in this service, IDC may conduct research on specific topics or emerging market segments via research offerings that require additional IDC funding and client investment.

1. How has the adoption of cloud-based services changed the requirements for storage software?
2. What is the impact of server virtualization on the storage and storage software markets?
3. What is the role of software in storage virtualization?
4. How are storage software vendors addressing the special needs of small and medium-sized businesses?
5. What are the implications on storage software with convergence?
6. Which start-up firms manage to disrupt major players by introducing alternatives to established products?

This service reviews strategies, market positioning, and future direction of several providers in the storage software market, including:

Acronis, APTARE, Atempo, Autonomy/Iron Mountain, Brocade, C2C, CA Technologies, Cisco Systems, DataCore, CommVault, Dell, Dot Hill, EMC, FalconStor, Fujitsu, Hitachi, HP, i365, IBM, LiveOffice, Microsoft, Mimecast, NEC, NetApp, Neverfail, Oracle Corp., Overland Storage, Quest, Symantec Corp., Syncsort, Veeam, Vision Solutions, VMware, and XIOtech.

For IT suppliers or IT buyers doing business planning and budgeting, sales and marketing, or performance measurement, we have the custom offerings to optimize your success at every stage of your business. Our data- and content-driven approach helps you make better decisions, drive more effective marketing programs, and effectively measure your success - resulting in a greater return on your investment.

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