Worldwide Storage Software Forecast, 2024–2028: The Market Is Poised for Growth
This IDC study presents key figures and trends of the worldwide storage software market forecast from 2024 to 2028 and highlights some of the main drivers and inhibitors the market will face during that time."Demand for storage software technologies will continue to grow as AI/ML and other data-intensive workloads take greater hold across IT departments," said Greg Macatee, research manager, Infrastructure Software Platforms Group at IDC. "In light of these developments and stronger-than-anticipated vendor results that we gathered over the past year, we have upgraded our forecasts in most functional component markets that make up IDC's competitive storage software secondary market."
IDC Market Forecast Figure
Executive Summary
Advice for Technology Suppliers
Market Forecast
Market Context
Drivers and Inhibitors
Drivers
AI Everywhere
Ransomware
Inhibitors
Macroeconomic and Geopolitical Conditions
Scattered Data Distribution
Significant Market Developments
Changes from Prior Forecast
Market Definition
Data Replication and Protection Software
Data Protection Software
Backup and Recovery Reporting Software
Storage Replication Software
Host or Hypervisor-Based Replication Software
Systems and Data Migration Software
Fabric and Appliance-Based Replication Software
Array-Based Replication Software
Replication Management Software
Archiving Software
Email Archiving Software
File, Cloud, and Other Archiving Software
Storage Infrastructure and Device Management Software
Storage Resource Management and Heterogeneous SAN Management Software
Storage Resource Management and Homogeneous SAN Management Software
Storage Device Management Software
Virtualization and Federation Software
Host-Based File Systems and Volume Management Software
Storage Access and Path Management Software
Automated Storage Tiering Software
Storage Acceleration Software
Other Storage Management and Infrastructure Software
Software-Defined Storage Controller Software
Block-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software
File-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software
Object-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software
Hyperconvergence and Software-Defined Storage Software Platforms
Methodology
Historical and Forecast Market Values and Exchange Rates
Related Research
Research Assistance
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