DAT extends the low-end technology market leadership during 2007
April 2008
Recent analyst data from IDC (April 2008), reports that DAT technology has extended its market share of the low-end tape drive market from 72.6% in 2006 to 76.5% in 2007 with shipments of 441,000 units during the year. This was 9x higher than AIT, the closest technology rival to DAT for low-end tape backup.
DAT technology also holds a steady second place in the overall tape drive market to another open-standard tape technology, LTO Ultrium, which leads with 46% to DAT’s 35% share of all tape technology shipments.
April 2008
Recent analyst data from IDC (April 2008), reports that DAT technology has extended its market share of the low-end tape drive market from 72.6% in 2006 to 76.5% in 2007 with shipments of 441,000 units during the year. This was 9x higher than AIT, the closest technology rival to DAT for low-end tape backup.
DAT technology also holds a steady second place in the overall tape drive market to another open-standard tape technology, LTO Ultrium, which leads with 46% to DAT’s 35% share of all tape technology shipments.
Of the DAT drives shipped during 2007, DAT72 accounted for 85% and the new DAT160 tape drives launched in June 2007, for 3% after just 6 months and an impressive shipment ramp. The increasing concentration of worldwide low-end tape drive sales around DAT technology looks set to continue in 2008 with the new DAT160 tape drive enabling low-end customers to upgrade performance, functionality and value.
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