This IDC Presentation (a translation of the Japanese document IDC #J12430104) surveys past performance of the Japan disk storage systems market from 2008 to 2011 and provides forecasts up to 2016. The past performance is analyzed based on revenue, unit shipments and terabyte (TB) shipments, while forecasts are based on revenue and TB shipments. Suppliers' shipments and share are analyzed in terms of revenue, TB shipments, and unit shipments from 2009 to 2011. The Japan disk storage market is analyzed and forecast by OS, connectivity, internal and external model, captive and non-captive, distribution channel (direct sales and indirect sales), and so forth.

This presentation provides data for the external disk storage systems market classified by price range into high end, midrange and low end for the survey of shipments and forecasts. Furthermore, this presentation provides the performance from 2008 to 2011 and forecast up to 2016 in terms of revenue and TB shipments based on the Japan disk storage market consumption model.

"Disk storage system suppliers offer solutions in response to changes in user perception and diversification of options, making it imperative to formulate new business models to grow their product businesses," says Masaaki Moriyama, group director, IDC Japan.