Dubai, UAE December 17, 2002 --
HP continued its leadership as the industry’s No. 1 vendor of disk storage systems, according to IDC’s Worldwide Disk Storage Systems Quarterly Tracker, December 2002, issued today.
 
IDC, a leading market research firm, reported that HP held the No. 1 position in total disk storage revenue in the third quarter of 2002 with 27 percent market share. In addition, HP took the No. 1 spots in open storage area networks (SANs), in total external storage (networked storage plus external direct-attached storage) and in total external RAID storage. Moreover, HP posted positive gains quarter over quarter in every major category of the report, despite overall market declines.
 
“This latest report from IDC proves once again that customers continue to see HP as the company offering the most complete range of network storage solutions across a broad range of industries,” said Howard Elias, senior vice president and general manager, HP Network Storage Solutions. “Customers want to reduce costs and complexity while increasing ROI with today’s sophisticated heterogeneous environments. We continue to have a relentless focus on providing our customers with the most efficient and effective solutions in building adaptive storage infrastructures.”
 
Comparatively, HP’s 27 percent share in worldwide disk storage systems factory revenue was seven points higher than No. 2 IBM and 16 points higher than EMC -- a three-point increase from the previous quarter. In open SANs, HP’s 30 percent market share was three points higher than No. 2 EMC. HP also held the top spot for SAN units shipped with 38 percent market share, a 7 percent gain over the second quarter.
 
In external storage, HP led with 21.9 percent share, ahead of EMC at 15.9 percent and IBM at 14.6 percent. HP also took the No. 1 position in external RAID storage for the first time with 19.6 percent share.
 
Over the last several months, HP has introduced numerous new and enhanced storage products across every area of its business. Highlights included the addition of major customers such as Air Force Education Training and Command and Maritz, Inc. HP also unveiled its ENSAextended strategy for enabling the adaptive storage infrastructure and began shipping HP OpenView Storage Area Manager 3.0 software. In addition, HP was first to market with Generation 2 Ultrium tape drives.
 
More information on HP’s network storage solutions is available at http://www.hp.com/go/storage.
 
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About HP
 
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its merger transaction involving Compaq Computer Corporation on May 3, 2002. More information about HP is available at http://www.hp.com.
 
 
Issued on behalf of HP by Gulf Hill & Knowlton, Dubai.  For further information please contact Rola Zaarour on telephone; 9714 3344 930, fax; 9714 3344 923 or rzaarour@hillandknowlton.co.ae
 
 
 

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