PRAGUE / FRAMINGHAM, Mass, – November 20, 2015 – Worldwide personal and entry-level storage (PELS) shipments declined -13.4% year over year to 16.7 million units in the third quarter of 2015 (3Q15), but were up 10.3% compared to the previous quarter, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC )Worldwide Personal and Entry- Level Storage Tracker . Shipment values declined along with unit shipments, down -19.8% from a year ago to $1.3 billion. (TZ)
The personal and entry-level storage market was stagnant in 2014 and started to show signs of decline in 2015, said Jingwen Li , Senior Research Analyst, Storage Systems . The adoption of cloud storage has been gaining traction in the consumer space with its easy data access and mobile device integration. One of the negative impacts of cloud storage deployment leads to shrinking demand within the PELS market.
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