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Worldwide Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) Market Revenue Increases 8.5% in the Second Quarter of 2014, According to IDC
[September 19, 2014]

Worldwide Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) Market Revenue Increases 8.5% in the Second Quarter of 2014, According to IDC


FRAMINGHAM, Mass. --(Business Wire)--

Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues grew 8.5% year over year totaling $783.2 million in the second quarter of 2014 (2Q14), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker. Total PBBA open systems factory revenue increased 11.1% year over year in 2Q14 with revenues totaling $712.7 million while the mainframe market experienced a decline of -12.2% for the same period. Total worldwide PBBA capacity shipped, for open systems and mainframe PBBA systems, reached 487,574 terabytes, an increase of 19.5% year over year.

"Growth in the worldwide PBBA market came roaring back in the second quarter after a dismal start in the first quarter," said Robert Amatruda, Research Director, Data Protection and Recovery. "Customers continue to embrace and understand the value that appliance form factors bring to their environments to meet their growing data protection and recovery challenges."

Total Worldwide PBBA 2Q14 Results

EMC maintained its lead in the overall PBBA market with 63.7% revenue share in the second quarter, followed by Symantec (News - Alert) with 13.9% share. IBM and HP posted 6.8% and 3.9% market share, respectively. Barracuda remains the number five PBBA vendor holding a 2.0% share of the worldwide market.

Top 5 Vendors, Worldwide PBBA Factory Revenue, Market Share, and Year-Over-Year Growth, Second Quarter of 2014 (Revenues in $ Millions)





Vendor      

2Q14
Revenue

     

2Q14 Market
Share

     

2Q13
Revenue

     

2Q13 Market
Share

     

2Q14/2Q13
Growth

1. EMC (News - Alert)       $498.7       63.7%       $450.5       62.4%       10.7%
2. Symantec       $108.5       13.9%       $89.0       12.3%       21.9%
3. IBM (News - Alert)       $53.6       6.8%       $52.4       7.3%       2.3%
4. HP       $30.6       3.9%       $38.4       5.3%       -20.1%
5. Barracuda       $16.0       2.0%       $11.8       1.6%       35.7%
Others       $75.7       9.7%       $79.7       11.0%       -5.0%
Total       $783.2       100%       $721.8       100%       8.5%

Source: IDC (News - Alert) Worldwide Purpose Built Backup Appliance Quarterly Tracker, September 18, 2014

Taxonomy Notes:

IDC defines a purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) as a standalone disk-based solution that utilizes software, disk arrays, server engine(s), or nodes that are used for a target for backup data and specifically data coming from a backup application (e.g., NetWorker, NetBackup, TSM, and Backup Exec) or can be tightly integrated with the backup software to catalog, index, schedule, and perform data movement. The PBBA products are deployed in standalone configurations or as gateways. PBBA solutions deployed in a gateway configuration connect to and store backup data on general-purpose storage. Here, the gateway device is serving as the component that is purpose built solely for backup and not for supporting any other workload or application. Regardless of packaging (as an appliance or gateway), PBBAs can have multiple interfaces or protocols. Also, PBBAs often can provide and receive replication to or from remote sites and a secondary PBBA for the purpose of disaster recovery (DR).

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Purpose Built Backup Appliance Tracker provides vendor share, market size, and forecasts for purpose-built backup appliances. IDC provides key market insights and growth for vendors participating in the PBBA market as well as those that may introduce new products. Revenue and capacity for disk systems behind PBBA gateways is included in the PBBA market sizing and also in the forecast. Some PBBA solutions integrate the data movement engine (backup application) with the appliance, while others serve as only a target for incoming backup application data. Both solutions are included in the PBBA market sizing, although segmentation between the two product categories is provided.

For more information about IDC's Worldwide PBBA Quarterly Tracker, please contact Hoang Nguyen at or [email protected].

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About IDC
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