Removable Disk Drive Momentum Continues with RDX Technology Capturing
90 Percent Market Share
Market Analysis expects total industry revenue to increase 1,400
percent by 2012
BOULDER, Colo. (Business Wire EON) April 8, 2008 --
A recently released IDC Market Analysis report entitled, “Worldwide
Removable Hard Disk Drive 2008-2012 Forecast and Analysis: The Quest for
a Viable Tape Replacement,” reports that
removable disk storage solutions, including ProStor Systems’
RDX®-based storage systems, are gaining
appreciable momentum as tape replacement at small- and medium-sized
businesses (SMBs) worldwide. The report estimates that revenue from
removable disk solutions will grow 1,400 percent between 2007 and 2012
to more than $500 million.
IDC categorizes R-HDDs in two major segments: commercial and consumer.
In the report, IDC aggregates both commercial and consumer segments for
the purposes of market sizing, forecast, and analysis. ProStor Systems’
RDX technology is an example of commercial-grade R-HDD, according to the
research.
RDX technology is produced under licensing agreements with leading
storage developers Tandberg Data and Imation, which allow them to
manufacture, market and sell RDX docks and cartridges to OEMs and into
end user channels under their own brands. More than 65,000 end users
worldwide have deployed 180,000 RDX cartridges to backup their servers
and protect their data for the long term.
“Current R-HDD solutions, including RDX
technology, are increasingly based on standardized products that allow
for data sharing and interchange,” said Robert
Amatruda, research director, Storage and Enabling Technologies at IDC. “ProStor’s
approach of driving a de facto industry standard with multiple sources
has helped RDX technology gain significant OEM adoption.”
From the beginning, RDX technology was designed by ProStor Systems to
replace tape technology in backup and archive applications. It uses a
rugged, reliable disk cartridge that backs up like a tape drive and
features the performance advantages of a disk-to-disk system. Because
the RDX cartridge uses industry standard 2.5-inch hard disk drives,
capacities increase at the same historical rate of hard disk technology.
Using application-based data compression, the capacity of RDX cartridges
can double.
“We are pleased that IDC has studied the
removable disk drive market with in-depth and quality research and that
its findings show tremendous growth in the industry,”
said Steve Georgis, CEO and president of ProStor Systems. “RDX
technology has received overwhelmingly positive support from OEM
partners, storage software vendors and the general public. We will
continue to offer our tape replacement to customers worldwide by
providing enterprise-class data protection and performance at an
affordable price.”
RDX technology provides forward and backward compatibility –
allowing users to upgrade to higher capacity cartridges without having
to buy a new dock – resulting in a higher
return on investment for SMB users. RDX removable disk technology has
been certified with most popular SMB backup software and provides
traditional drag-and-drop functionality. RDX removable disk technology
has been proven to provide long-term preservation of digital data with
an archive life of at least 30 years.
Additionally, RDX removable disk technology provides the backbone for
ProStor’s InfiniVault™,
the world’s first removable disk archive
system that combines the performance and rapid retrieval of conventional
hard disk drives with the unlimited capacity, scalability and archive
protection of removable media. InfiniVault provides users with a digital
archive solution that reduces storage costs by combining long-term data
retention, regulatory compliance, automated data archiving and
e-discovery protection in a single, simple-to-deploy and easy-to-use
appliance.
About ProStor Systems
ProStor Systems is the
leader in enterprise-class removable disk storage for data backup and
long-term archive. Designed to replace tape, RDX removable disk products
provide the performance and reliability of disk while preserving the
removability and archival benefits of tape. ProStor has introduced
InfiniVault, the world’s first removable disk
archive system. Targeted at small and mid-sized enterprises with limited
budgets, InfiniVault provides low-cost, long-term data preservation in
an intelligent regulatory-compliant appliance based on RDX technology.
InfiniVault recently won a bronze award as product of the year in the
backup and disaster recovery category by Searchstorage.com.
For more information about ProStor Systems or the new InfiniVault, visit http://www.prostorsystems.com
or contact the company at info@prostorsystems.com
or 303-565-3100. IDC report #210169 was referenced in this press release.
ProStor and RDX are registered trademarks of ProStor Systems, Inc.
The ProStor and InfiniVault logos are trademarks of ProStor Systems,
Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
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