a – Dell Inc represents the combined revenues for Dell and EMC.
b – Due to the existing joint venture between HPE and the New H3C Group, IDC will be reporting market share on a global level for HPE as "HPE/New H3C Group" starting from 2Q 2016 and going forward.
c – HPE/New H3C Group includes the acquisition of Nimble, completed in April 2017.
* – IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide enterprise storage systems market when there is less than one percent difference in the revenue share of two or more vendors.
3Q17 External Enterprise Storage Systems Results, by Company
Dell Inc was the largest external enterprise storage systems supplier during the quarter, accounting for 28.8% of worldwide revenues. NetApp finished in the number 2 position and HPE in the number 3 position with 12.5% and 11.4% of market share, respectively. IBM and Hitachi rounded out the top 5 in a tie* with revenue shares of 8.7% and 8.3%, respectively.
| Top 5 Vendors Groups, Worldwide External Enterprise Storage Systems Market, Third Quarter of 2017 (Revenues are in Millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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3Q17 |
3Q17 Market | 3Q16 | 3Q16 Market |
Revenue |
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| Company |
Revenue |
Share | Revenue | Share |
Growth |
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| 1. Dell Inc a | $1,609.8 | 28.8% | $1,676.2 | 31.2% | -4.0% | |||||||||||||||
| 2. NetApp | $700.7 | 12.5% | $587.1 | 10.9% | 19.4% | |||||||||||||||
| 3. HPE/New H3C Group b c | $637.6 | 11.4% | $621.0 | 11.6% | 2.7% | |||||||||||||||
| T4. IBM * | $487.1 | 8.7% | $463.5 | 8.6% | 5.1% | |||||||||||||||
| T4. Hitachi * | $466.9 | 8.3% | $493.4 | 9.2% | -5.4% | |||||||||||||||
| Others | $1,690.2 | 30.2% | $1,530.3 | 28.5% | 10.4% | |||||||||||||||
| All Vendors | $5,592.3 | 100.0% | $5,371.6 | 100.0% | 4.1% | |||||||||||||||
| Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, November 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||
