Storage Notes: NetApp, HP, IBM Not Really Impacted By Dell-EMC Deal

Storage systems manufacturers such as EMC, NetApp, IBM, Hitachi Data Systems and Hewlett-Packard have had a tough year in terms of storage hardware product sales, owing to a decline in worldwide spending on information storage. According to data compiled by IDC quarterly reports, global factory revenues for storage systems declined by over 2% year-on-year to $11.2 billion through the first half of 2015. The trend was consistent with 2014 numbers when global factory revenues for external storage ...