Chris Mellor at The Register notes that IDC sees enterprise storage revenue coming down 6.7% in 2009, then rebounding 1.3% in 2010. The culprit seems to be slowing server sales.
No surprise on a down year for revenue. The good news is that capacity continues to grow at a 35% pace, with revenue growth returning (knock on wood) in 2010.
Chris found something else significant in IDC’s forecast: NAS appears to be on pace to actually grow in revenue and capacity in 2009. iSCSI SANs seem to be driving this growth.
Hang in there storage industry! Data continues to grow in volume and importance to business. There’s light at the end of this tunnel.
