Purpose-Built Backup Appliances: Revenues Increase, IDC Says

A recent International Data Corporation (IDC) report concluded good news for backup and disaster recovery (BDR) vendors with purpose-built backup appliances (PBBAs). According to the report, worldwide PBBA factory revenues increased in the fourth quarter of 2012. Here are the details.

The IDC Worldwide Quarterly Purpose-Built Backup Appliance Tracker report revealed a 9.7 percent year-over-year increase for PBBA factory revenues, totaling $859.5 million, in the fourth quarter. The total PBBA open systems market, however, reported approximately $567.5 million in revenues, representing a 16.4 percent growth from the prior year’s fourth quarter. Worldwide PBBA capacity shipped grew year-over-year, reaching 455,254 terabytes.

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“The total worldwide PBBA market resumed robust growth in the fourth quarter of 2012,” said IDC Data Protection and Recovery Research Director Robert Amatruda in a prepared statement. “Overall, the worldwide PBBA market experienced strong growth in revenue, capacity, and shipments. Long-term, we expect the worldwide PBBA will continue to outpace the overall data protection and recovery software and hardware market as customers continue to embrace turnkey systems to alleviate their backup and recovery challenges.”