HAVANT, England, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Xyratex Ltd , a leading provider of enterprise-class data storage subsystems and storage process technology, announced that a just released market study by IDC shows Xyratex as the world's largest supplier of disk storage systems to the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market in 2008 by revenue. Over the last three years Xyratex has improved its market share each year, achieving the number one position in 2008.
In the report issued by IDC "Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2008 Vendor Shares: Year in Review," (IDC #220229, December 2009), Xyratex has attained the number one position as the world's largest OEM supplier. In this comprehensive independent review of the worldwide disk storage market, IDC analyzed the market share data of the top 33 disk storage system vendors as well as major storage system OEM suppliers. In IDC's assessment of OEM revenues for selected suppliers, Xyratex ranked first in 2008. According to the report, Xyratex has captured over 25% of the OEM disk storage systems market.
"Xyratex continues to deliver solid results in the storage market with technical innovations and continued growth built on various design wins that include next-generation products from key customers as well as new, large OEM deals," said Liz Conner, Research Analyst, Storage Systems, IDC. "Xyratex is well positioned to capitalize on the disk storage systems market given the company's growth trajectory, product roadmap, and the market demand for storage systems which is forecast to reach $29.8 billion in 2013."
Xyratex offers a family of storage solutions built on a long history of innovation resulting in high performance, robust reliability, and energy efficiencies. The OneStor(TM) family is noteworthy by its flexible and scalable architecture that reduces sustaining engineering costs and product qualification expense. Xyratex OEMs are able to customize the system to meet a diverse set of application workloads and environments ranging from data centers to distributed operations. Xyratex also delivers a storage server platform that allows the convergence of servers and storage in a single, flexible system that can be optimized for diverse applications.
Despite the start of the downturn in late 2008 Xyratex's storage systems business grew 21.4% allowing the company to gain market share and move into the number one position. In addition to strong revenue growth Xyratex shipped over one exabyte of storage in 2008. Xyratex continues to strengthen its customer base and provides storage to over half of the top 33 storage suppliers as ranked by IDC.
"The result of IDC's research validates Xyratex as the leader in worldwide OEM disk storage systems and is a testament to our continued commitment to providing our customers with a broad range of storage solutions," said Steve Barber, chief executive officer, Xyratex. "The market demand for storage continues to grow and Xyratex is well positioned with our broad portfolio of products and capabilities to continue to meet customer demand. This latest IDC report underscores the ongoing success of our innovative business and technology for networked storage solutions."
About Xyratex
Xyratex is a leading provider of enterprise-class data storage subsystems and storage process technology. The company designs and manufactures enabling technology that provides OEM and disk drive manufacturers with data storage products to support high-performance storage and data communication networks. Xyratex has over 25 years of experience in research and development relating to disk drives, storage systems, and high-speed communication protocols.
Founded in 1994 in a management buy-out from IBM, and with headquarters in the UK, Xyratex has an established global base with R&D and operational facilities in Europe, the United States, and Southeast Asia.
Contact: Dale A. Lafferty 817-491-6363
Xyratex Ltd.
CONTACT: Dale A. Lafferty of Xyratex Ltd., +1-817-491-6363
