Storage Software Market Expands

The market research firm said the storage replication segment logged a robust increase of 13.2 percent. The smaller archive and hierarchical storage management segment showed a 32 percent growth.

"Buyers are particularly interested in replication software to help ensure that their disaster recovery and business continuity plans are viable in planning for recover from any unwelcome and unpredictable events that might occur," said Rhoda Phillips in a statement.

Phillips, who is research manager for IDC storage software, said the storage replication market is expected to continue growing for several years.