Prague, July 22, 2015 – In 2014, the Czech external storage market posted an 11.9% value decline in U.S. dollar terms, with each quarter of the year displaying a year-on-year decrease, according to market research published by International Data Corporation (IDC). While these results reflect a five-quarter-long trend of market contraction, the first calendar quarter of 2015 recorded 9.9% growth. IDC believes that, as this growth is the result of regular project cycles, it is the precursor of further growth for 2015 as a whole, albeit precarious. (TZ)
In spite of an overall market contraction, there were key vendors that pushed the market last year, and individual segments displayed distinct dynamics. The top three vendors on the Czech market in 2014 – EMC, HP, and Dell – represented 56.8% of the total external disk storage market. EMC increased its market share to 25.3%, thus overtaking HP in first position. In the first quarter of 2015, the rankings remained unchanged, with EMC followed by HP and Dell. In 2014, the entry-level market segment was dominated by Dell, the midrange segment (devices priced $25,000-250,000) was headed by EMC, and the high-end segment was ruled by HP.
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