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STORAGE RESEARCH REPORT EMC Catches Up to Q1 Leader NetApp in NAS Deals
NetApp’s big lead in NAS wins was short-lived. EMC’s second-quarter jump roughly matched EMC pulled even with NetApp in the second the rate of NetApp’s drop off. Dell also fell into quarter of 2016 with 22% of deals won apiece a tie for third with Hewlett Packard Enterprise according to TechTarget Research. (HPE) at 11% each. HPE had placed fifth with less than 10% of deals won in the first quarter. TechTarget Transaction Indexes™ measure vendors’ ability to get on short lists and win Dell and EMC have now combined forces, deals. NetApp dominated the first quarter of which will make it tough for NetApp to hold on 2016 in wins with close to 30% of deals while to the number one slot against Dell/EMC. We’ll EMC finished fourth with just under 15%, below be watching to see how Dell/EMC’s numbers second-place Dell (18%) and third-place QNAP match up to the vendors’ individual pre-merger (14%). That was an unusually poor showing transaction shares. for EMC, which almost always places among the top two NAS vendors alongside NetApp in See data on next page market share. Dell and EMC have now combined forces, which will make it tough for NetApp to hold on to the number 1 slot against Dell/EMC.
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Source: Storage Post Purchase Report: NAS Q2, 2016
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