IDC report: EMC software revenues slip

By SearchStorage.com Staff 15 Sep 2006 | SearchStorage.com

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"I think they've spread themselves too thin," said Rhoda Phillips, research manager for IDC's storage software group. Phillips said that at least part of the profit decline could be attributed to EMC's well-publicized Symmetrix shipping snafu earlier this year, which would affect array-based software products, such as replication. In general, Phillips said, EMC is in "a tough situation" trying to assimilate all of its recent acquisitions, but still, "We'd like to see more signs of improvement."

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EMC acknowledged revenue from storage software was lower than expected during this period due to inventory management issues related to customers' transition to its latest storage systems. The company also argues that IDC does not include some of its newer, faster growing segments, such as Documentum Archive Services for email or EMC Smarts resource management software, in its report.

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EqualLogic adds SAS
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Asigra adds CDP
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Softek announces Unix-based data migration software
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