NetApp has ranked at the second position in worldwide all flash array market. According to the IDC Q1 2016 Worldwide Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker, NetApp moved to number 2 from number 4 in the tracker quarter over quarter, with 22.8 percent revenue market share, ahead of Pure, HPE, and IBM.
As Per IDC, NetApp all flash array revenue grew 238.2 percent year over year, 2.7 times faster than the market growth of 87.4 percent year over year. Its all flash array business has grown to an annual net revenue run rate of more than $700 million.
Anil Valluri, President, NetApp India & SAARC said “We had earlier stated that this year will be the year of Flash and we believe the promise of an All Flash Data center will be a reality. NetApp is leading this charge and with SolidFire we now have the most complete and differentiated Flash portfolio in the market. These results are a testament to our focus on delivering the best to our customers and Flash does exactly that – modernizes the data center by saving costs and accelerating performance.”
“Flash solutions are changing the expectations and economics of enterprise IT,” said Brian Bakstran, acting Chief Marketing Officer, NetApp, adding “NetApp offers the industry’s broadest all flash portfolio, allowing customers to move toward an all flash data center while still using what they’ve already deployed and leveraging the cloud. Our new Flash Advantage 3-4-5 Program makes flash even more affordable, efficient, and risk-free – and we guarantee it.”