Abstract
This IDC study provides market forecasts as of December 2007 for the storage services market for the period from 2007 to 2011. Forecasts are provided for the total market by functional market and by Western European country.
"The Western European storage services market has seen healthy growth from 2005 to 2006, driven by the need to manage unabated storage growth," says Carla Arend, program manager, European storage software and services. "Future market growth will be driven by the search for best practices around the protection of virtualized and physical environments, as well as a surge to increase efficiency and make datacenters greener."
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- IDC Opinion
- In This Study
- Methodology
- Exchange Rates
- Table: Key Exchange Rate Information
- Storage Services Market Definition
- Methodology
- Situation Overview
- The Storage Services Market in 2006
- Figure: Western European Storage Services Revenues, 2005-2006 ($M/?M)
- Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for Western European Storage Services, 2007-2011
- Market Forecast
- Western European Storage Services Forecast
- Figure: Western European Storage Services Revenue, 2006-2011 (?M)
- Market Drivers
- Market Inhibitors
- Forecast by Market Segment
- Figure: Western European Storage Services Forecast by Market Segment, 2006-2011 (?M)
- Figure: Western European Storage Services Growth Forecast by Market Segment, CAGR 2006-2011 (?M)
- Table: Western European Storage Services Forecast by Market Segment, 2006-2011 (?M)
- Economic Forecast Assumptions
- Western Europe
- Austria
- Belgium
- Denmark
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Ireland
- Italy
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Portugal
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Forecast by Country
- Table: Western European Storage Services Forecast by Country, 2006-2011 (?M)
- Figure: Western European Storage Services 2006-2011 CAGR by County (%)
- Market Forecast
- Essential Guidance
- Learn More
- Related Research
- Synopsis



