Worldwide purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) factory revenues grew 8,5% year-over-year totalling $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 totalling $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 574Tb, 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,” says Robert Amatruda, research director: data protection and recovery at IDC. “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.”
EMC maintained its lead in the overall PBBA market with 63,7% revenue share in the second quarter, followed by Symantec 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.