Japan Storage Software Forecast Update, 2016-2020

Japan Storage Software Forecast Update, 2016−2020

This IDC study is a Japan storage software market is classified into the following six product segments for the purposes of forecasting market revenue for 2016–2020: (1) data protection and recovery software, (2.) storage replication software, (3) archiving software, (4) storage and device management software, (5) storage infrastructure software, and (6) software-defined storage control software."In order to process and store large volumes of digital data more efficiently and at a faster speed, companies that are undergoing digital transformation (DX) are making appropriate use of the advancements in storage technologies, specifically, the revolutionary period of switching from hard disk drive (HDD) to flash memory and the emerging trend of software-defined storage products. As these advancements also promote automation of storage operations, storage software products are required to be autonomous and to support automation of operations more than ever," says Yasusuke Suzuki, research manager, Enterprise Infrastructure, IDC Japan.