ZDE Report Validates Storage Sector as Healthiest in IT (
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Ziff Davis Enterprise, publisher of eWEEK, on Dec. 9 reported survey results
indicating that the data storage sector of IT generally remains unblemished by
the economic downturn that is zapping most of the U.S.
and world economy.
The survey and analysis for the new report, "Outlook for the 2009 Storage
Market: An Online Survey of Ziff Davis Enterprise Storage Buyers,"
provided a validation of sorts for what eWEEK
has been reporting in the last few months since the Wall Street and
mortgage banking implosion caused the stock market to drop in precipitous
fashion at the end of the third quarter.
Generally, large portions of the U.S. economy—especially real estate, general
manufacturing, banking, construction and IT manufacturing—have been wracked
with layoffs and dour financial reports. Despite this trend, the data storage
sector continues to improve its position, with virtually all companies in the
disk and tape storage markets—along with surrounding submarkets, such as
storage controllers, data center management software and others—reporting
increasing sales and revenue over 2007.
The ZDE survey results are in accord with similar market studies published by
researchers IDC
and Gartner
in concluding that the data storage market is the healthiest overall sector in
the IT industry.
"Despite the downturn in the macroeconomic conditions, our consensus is
that in the short to medium term, storage is the most resistant to
macroeconomic changes," IDC storage analyst Benjamin S. Woo told eWEEK on
Oct. 16.
There is reason for most of the storage business to remain confident looking
ahead to 2009—despite all the free-falls in other sectors of the economy. There
is always going to be a need for secure places to house data, and the deluge of
bits isn't slowing down anytime soon.
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