IDC released market data showing that HP maintained the No. 1 position in worldwide total disk storage factory revenue for the 14th consecutive quarter, with 23.5 per cent market share and revenue growth of 14.4 per cent year over year in the third quarter of 2005.

During the period, HP grew twice as fast as EMC in worldwide external disk storage systems revenue, growing revenue by 14.7 per cent year over year.

HP revenue growth in the network-attached storage (NAS) market surpassed EMC and Network Appliance revenue growth, with 10.7 per cent quarter-over-quarter and 27.5 per cent year-over-year growth.

HP also took the No. 1 position in NAS units shipped from Dell.

HP tied for the No. 1 position in revenue in the open storage area network (SAN) and iSCSI market with 25 percent market share.

HP also held the No. 1 market position in total open SAN unit shipments.