HAVANT, United Kingdom,
Aug. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Xyratex
Ltd (Nasdaq: XRTX), a leading provider of data storage technology,
today announced that it ranks as the world's #1 provider of OEM
disk storage systems for the fifth consecutive year, according to a
new report from IDC. The recently published report, entitled
"Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2012 Vendor Shares," notes that
Xyratex holds a 50.1 percent share of the OEM disk storage systems
market, over 20 percent more than the second-ranked company on the
list.
"As the statistics show, Xyratex and our enterprise-class
solutions like OneStor™ continue to deliver the best the market has
to offer with regard to storage performance, reliability and value.
This powerful combination has translated into tremendous end user
experiences," said Todd Gresham,
senior vice president of sales and marketing at Xyratex. "We're
proud of our ranking and status as the clear leader in this
category, and we look forward to continuing to deliver success in
this space in the years to come."
"Xyratex has now topped our rankings of storage system OEM
suppliers for five consecutive years, which is a testament to their
product family, partner community and ability to execute," said
Amita Potnis, senior research
analyst of storage systems at IDC. "We've seen that end users are
increasingly driving more efficiency from their storage
infrastructures while striving to minimize cost and maximize value.
This creates opportunities for suppliers like Xyratex who deliver
back-end solutions that help OEMs provide superior capabilities and
benefits."
The OneStor family of data storage systems from Xyratex offers a
series of storage building blocks end users can deploy in a variety
of ways to accommodate their most demanding storage requirements.
These next-generation storage solutions consolidate both server and
storage into a single storage computing platform, eliminating
additional hardware costs, minimizing footprint requirements and
simplifying cabling and installation. They also enable OEMs to
deliver more powerful intelligent storage solutions along with
their most advanced software capabilities directly to end users.
For more information, visit
http://www.xyratex.com/products/storage.
In addition, the OneStor architecture is a key building block of
the ClusterStor™ family of data storage solutions that deliver a
new standard in file system performance, scalability and efficiency
for high performance computing (HPC) users. Its innovative
architecture brings together what were previously discrete server,
network and storage platforms with their own separate software
layers, into a single integrated modular scale out storage building
block. This approach enables the solution to scale both performance
and capacity while aggressively reducing space, power and
administrative overhead. The HPC storage market continues to show
strong signs of growth, and ClusterStor has achieved significant
adoption in this market space in a relatively short time. For more
information, visit
http://www.xyratex.com/products/hpc-big-data.
About Xyratex
Xyratex is a leading provider of data
storage technology, including modular solutions for the enterprise
data storage industry and hard disk drive (HDD) capital equipment
for the HDD industry. Xyratex enterprise data storage platforms
provide a range of advanced, scalable data storage solutions for
the Original Equipment Manufacturer and High Performance Computing
communities. As the largest capital equipment supplier to the HDD
industry, Xyratex enables disk drive manufacturers and their
component suppliers to meet today's technology and productivity
requirements. Xyratex has over 25 years of experience in research
and development relating to disk drives, storage systems and
manufacturing process technology.
Founded in 1994 in an MBO from IBM, and with headquarters in the
United Kingdom, Xyratex has an
established global base with R&D and operational facilities in
North America, Asia and Europe.
SOURCE Xyratex