Data Backup (Global)

2023: Global Backup Hardware Market Leaders Named

The largest players in the global backup hardware industry are six companies - Cohesity, Commvault, Dell Technologies, Rubrik, Veeam and Veritas. This is stated in a study by Gartner, the results of which were released on August 7, 2023.

Gartner specialists analyzed the market and formed the so-called Magic Quadrant. This is a two-dimensional diagram on which the "completeness of vision" is deposited along the abscissa axis, and the "ability to realize" along the ordinate axis. Thus, each player in the industry finds himself in one of the four quadrants of the plane, where the leaders demonstrate the best indicators for both of these parameters. Such companies include the suppliers listed above. At the same time, Gartner highlights their strengths and weaknesses.

Cohesity

The advantages of this supplier are unified and simplified management. The concept-based (as-a-service) Cohesity Helios SaaS software platform provides centralized administration that is common and intuitive to all of the company's products by. backup In addition, Cohesity is actively engaged in improvement. information security

At the same time, the launch of new products on the market involves dependence on third-party technologies: for example, the Cohety DataHawk solution relies on two OEM partners, which can create certain problems. In addition, Cohesity lags behind other leading players in its presence in the South American market.

Commvault

The company offers a comprehensive set of BaaS services (backup as a service). At the same time, Commvault Backup & Recovery software provides flexible capabilities for local, hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Another plus is the provision of corporate functions at competitive prices.

However, local Commvault products get new features more quickly than cloud solutions. Customers also raise concerns about erratic performance and the difficulty of initially configuring the Commvault Metallic platform.

Dell Technologies

The supplier's strengths are the good support and wide availability of the PowerProtect Data Manager multi-cloud environment. And PowerProtect Cyber ​ ​ Recovery can be deployed both locally and in the AWS, Azure and Google Cloud clouds.

At the same time, Dell lacks a comprehensive SaaS-based management system and a common administrative interface for all components. In addition, a set of options for backup storage is limited.

Rubrik

The company uses an innovative approach in terms of pricing, branding and strategy for promoting products in the market. In addition, effective protection against ransomware is provided. Advanced information recovery functions are available.

However, Rubrik provides limited support for SaaS apps, with the exception of Microsoft 365. These features are not available for Salesforce, Google Workspace, Azure AD, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps and GitHub solutions.

The largest players in the global backup hardware industry are six companies

Veeam

The company has a loyal and satisfied customer base, as well as a wide partner network. In addition, it provides effective support for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

However, Veeam is not too quick to respond to changing market trends. In addition, customers point out that as the size of the backup environment increases, so does the complexity of management.

Veritas

This provider provides comprehensive backup and management services. In addition, the company provides a wide geographical scope: solutions can be deployed in any region.

However, some cloud products are new to the market, and therefore there is a lack of data on their implementation and customer satisfaction. In addition, insufficient support for SaaS applications is achieved.^[1]

2020

DPaaS data protection cloud services market size estimated at $7.7 billion - IDC

The volume of the global market for data protection solutions offered as a service (data protection-as-a-service, DPaaS) reached $7.7 billion in 2020. This is evidenced by the data of the analytical company IDC, released in July 2021.

Experts did not lead the dynamics in the market compared to 2019, but noted that the costs of the technologies under consideration are increasing and will grow further. According to experts, by 2024, sales of cloud systems for data protection will reach $15.3 billion.

The biggest players in the DPaaS market

IDC analyst Andrew Smith noted that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic has somewhat weakened demand for such products, but companies have begun to use cloud services more in general.

According to the researchers, Data Protection-as-a-Service solutions are designed so that customers can take advantage of cloud systems and free up their specialists to work on more important strategic projects. With additional capacity and on-demand data protection, solutions help customers adapt and expand their infrastructures faster. The use of DPaaS can reduce overall costs, since organizations pay only for the actual storage and protection of those data for which this is necessary, and only when necessary, analysts emphasized.

They divide the DPaaS market into three main segments:

• Backup as a service (BaaS);
• Archive as a service (AaaS);
• Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS).

Among the main features of DPaaS solutions, analysts attributed the fact that their manufacturers often integrate products and other intellectual property from several suppliers to create a comprehensive solution sold directly to companies.^[2]

Named Data Center Backup and Recovery Market Leaders

In July 2020, analysts Gartner released an updated study (so-called magic quadrant) on the market for solutions for backup and recovery of systems. data centers

The leading developers of such products are the following companies: Commvault, Veeam, Veritas Technologies, Dell EMC, IBM, Rubrik and Cohesity.

Gartner defines backup and recovery solutions as products that meet the following requirements:

• Backup data from heterogeneous enterprise systems and applications
• Write backups to secondary, independent devices such as tape, hard drives, solid state drives, optical device, and/or cloud services
• Ability to search for and restore specific datasets.

Experts attributed Veeam's strengths to a licensing system that allows customers to reuse the same licenses when switching hypervisors, migrating from a physical to a virtual or cloud environment, or from a local environment to the cloud.

At the same time, some clients complain that large-scale projects based on Veeam solutions are difficult to manage, since the deployment usually consists of several backup servers, proxy servers, rack servers, agents and backup repositories.

Speaking of Dell, experts note that PowerProtect DD and Data Protection Suite offer the highest backup efficiency compared to competitors, reducing storage costs and utilization. At the same time, Dell Data Protection Suite users criticize the manufacturer for large annual fees for support services.

IBM has a large presence in the partner channel in all regions, but the company depends on third-party manufacturers for the use of solutions, and SharePoint NoSQL Nutanix AHV.^[3]

Cloud Backup Software Market on the Rise

The volume of the global cloud backup and recovery software market in 2019 amounted to $9.3 billion, according to the research company Allied Market Research.

Experts did not specify the dynamics regarding 2018, but called sales in 2017 - just over $6 billion. Thus, the backup software market is on a big rise. Analysts expect that in the period from 2017 to 2023, revenue from the implementation of such software will increase by 24.2% annually (CAGR) and will reach $22.22 billion by the end of this period of time.

The volume of the global market for backup and recovery software in the cloud in 2019 amounted to $9.3 billion

Several factors contribute to the growth of the market, including the ever-increasing demand for cloud services in general and increased backup data requirements from businesses.

At the same time, there are inhibitors that interfere with the development of this software market. These analysts attributed the difficulties in data management, transmission delays and unstable connections that accompany the processes of backup and recovery of data in the cloud infrastructure.

On the other hand, the increasing use of smart devices and tablets, as well as the emergence of new providers of IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and cloud computing on demand, provide the market with profitable opportunities.

The following companies were named the largest manufacturers of information backup and recovery software in Allied Market Research:

• Commvault;
• Dell EMC;
• IBM;
• Symantec Corporation;
• Veritas Technologies;
• CA Technologies;
• Hewlett Packard Enterprise;
• Veeam Software;
• Microsoft Corporation;
• Actifio.

The shares and revenues of these vendors in the market for 2019 are not indicated in the free sample for the study, which was released to the public.

From the point of view of the software distribution model, analysts distinguish three: public, private and hybrid. The most popular is the hybrid scheme, which accounted for two-thirds of revenue in 2019. It will remain the most popular in the market, and sales of such solutions will grow by 25.1% annually until 2023.

The largest buyers of backup and recovery software are large companies, which accounted for more than half of the costs in 2019

The largest buyers of backup and recovery software are large companies, which accounted for more than half of the costs in 2019. At the same time, product sales in the small and medium-sized businesses segment are growing faster and it is expected that here the CAGR indicator will be 25.1% in 2017-2023.

More companies, whether large enterprises, small businesses, or government agencies, are realizing the need and benefits of cloud services and backup, including anytime access to data from anywhere in the world, reduced burden on local IT infrastructure, and data loss protection.

In markets, most backup and recovery software is implemented by banks, insurance and other financial companies, government and medical institutions, telecommunications operators, retailers, manufacturing enterprises and IT companies. About a quarter of the costs of such software in 2019 fell on the IT and telecommunications sectors, and the highest growth rates - by 27% per year in 2017-2023 - are expected in the public sector.

North America remains the largest market for backup software - more than one third of revenue in 2019 fell on these countries. In terms of growth rates, the Asia-Pacific region leads (+ 26.1% annually in 2017-2023),

According to analysts, the market for backup and recovery software in cloud storage has great prospects for development and its potential is far from exhausted.^[4]

The market for replication and data protection software is growing more slowly

The global replication and data protection software market reached $8.95 billion in 2018, up 2.2% from a year earlier. In the future, the dynamics of sales of this software will decline, according to IDC analysts.

According to their forecasts, the market in question will reach $9.49 billion in 2023, and by this time it will grow by 1.2% annually against 9.4% growth in the solution segment from the category of public cloud services.

Market leaders in replication and data protection software. IDC data

Replication is the process of copying data from one data store (source) to another (target) on a given schedule. Replication copies only modified blocks of data (the size of the block can vary between different storage systems and replication software) and avoids the need to copy the entire modified files each time. Analysts divide replication into two types: synchronous and asynchronous.

Synchronous replication is real-time. The record confirmation is sent to the client only after the confirmation is received from the target store. Due to possible delays in data transmission, synchronous replication has a limit on the maximum distance between data centers. Many vendors support synchronous replication over distances of no more than 100 km. This replication provides minimum RPO values (RecoveryPointObjective, the interval between copying data from primary storage to backup).

Asynchronous replication is scheduled at specified intervals. By using compression, it is less delay-critical, often requiring less bandwidth than synchronous replication. Many manufacturers support asynchronous replication over distances of more than 100 km. Asynchronous replication provides RPO from minutes to hours.

According to the results of 2018, Dell EMC, IBM, Veritas, Veeam and Commvault were named the largest manufacturers of replication and data protection software. The leading five accounted for 58.2% of revenue in the market, and 35 vendors share the remaining 41.8% among themselves. In 2017, Dell EMC, IBM, Veritas, Veeam and Commvault also led the market, but the seats they occupied differed.

The global replication and data protection software market reached $8.95 billion in 2018, up 2.2% from a year earlier

The IDC study provides a table of market leaders for the first half of 2019. It follows from it that the implementation of software for replication and data protection in Veeam is growing the fastest. Moreover, the dynamics is significantly higher than that of the nearest pursuers, and some vendors have experienced a decline at all. The volume of the entire market in January-June 2019 increased by 3.1%.

Speaking about the advantages of Veeam solutions, analysts noted that VeeamBackup & Replication allows you to start replication in ContinuousProtection mode, in which the next replication job starts immediately after the previous one is completed, which, depending on the amount of replicated data, allows you to achieve an RPO of about 3-5 minutes. Data replication is performed by the VeeamBackup & Replication server and can be done over both Ethernet and SAN.

IDC Storage Systems and Software Research Director Phil Goodwin emphasizes that the DRP market will grow relatively weakly, while remaining a "major strategic" market.

The market for replication and data protection software is still large and robust. It is reasonable to say that demand for traditional backup and recovery software remains strong. We expect the market to continue to grow in the future, "Goodwin said.[5]

2019: Gartner Magic Quadrant

In October 2019, the analytical company Gartner published a magic quadrant (study) dedicated to the software for backup and recovery of data center IT systems.

software The following companies were named the largest producers of this:,,, and Commvault Veeam. Veritas Technologies Dell EMC IBM

Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center IT Backup and Recovery Software

The magic quadrant is used to evaluate IT vendors, where Gartner uses two linear progressive expert scales:

• completeness of vision
• ability to execute.

• Leaders include companies with positive ratings for both the completeness of the vision and the ability to implement.
• Challengers - vendors with positive ratings only for the ability to implement.
• Visionaries - suppliers with positive ratings only for the completeness of the vision.
• Niche players are market participants with negative ratings for both criteria.

Which companies are placed in certain categories can be seen in the illustration above.

Among the leaders, Veeam was the only manufacturer that develops specialized software for backing up virtual environments (Veeam Backup and Replication). The rest of this segment are traditional backup developers.

We are moving on to a new phase of Veeam evolution. We strive to go beyond our traditional capabilities and determine the future in the field of data protection and management of enterprises in physical, virtual and multi-cloud environments, "says Ratmir Timashev, co-founder and executive vice president of sales and marketing at Veeam, commenting on the magic quadrant. "This implies the introduction of new methods of working with our partners to bring comprehensive and powerful backup solutions to market.

Transition to a new phase of Veeam evolution

Gartner pointed out several shortcomings of Veeam in the market in question:

• Delays in comprehensive NAS backup support force customers to continue using third-party software alongside Veeam products.
• While the N2WS acquisition helps Veeam protect Amazon Web Services (AWS) customer environments, integration with Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform is still under development by November 2019.
• Veeam offers its product kits in the Asia-Pacific region at a significantly higher price compared to other regions.

IBM, which along with Veeam is one of the leaders in the backup and recovery software market for data center IT systems, causes customer dissatisfaction with the following aspects:

• Spectrum Protect Plus can only be installed as a virtual device, which creates dependence on the virtualization platform and requires additional licenses for the hypervisor processor.
• By November 2019, IBM Spectrum Protect Suite does not integrate with AWS and Azure to create snepshots.
• IBM Spectrum Protect Suite offers limited support for new technologies such as containers and hyperconverged systems.

According to Gartner forecasts, by 2022, about 40% of companies will replace their backup programs, which they installed by the beginning of 2018. The data center IT backup and recovery software market is changing rapidly as it aims to meet the needs of the largest companies for simpler, more flexible and cheaper solutions, the study said.^[6]

2014: Up 4%

On March 20, 2015, the analytical agency International Data Corporation (IDC) announced a list of the largest manufacturers of specialized data backup and recovery devices (Purpose Built Backup Appliance, PBBA). This market continues to grow steadily, and in the fourth quarter of 2014 it showed a record high result.^[7]

According to IDC experts, in 2014, global sales of PBBA solutions amounted to $3.26 billion, which is 4% more than a year earlier. According to the results of the last three months, the volume of this market reached $1 billion, which has never happened in its history. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2013, the quarterly implementation of hardware and software systems for backup increased by 3%.

According to IDC analyst Liz Conner, PBBA systems are increasingly considered by end users as part of their data protection strategy due to the fact that such solutions are equipped with advanced software functions that provide flexibility in information management, systematization, exchange and analysis.

The total capacity of released backup and recovery devices in 2014 was 2.68 Ebytes, which is 42.8% more than a year ago. Most of the sales of PBBA systems still fall on the "open" segment, the volume of which in October-December 2014 reached $902.2 million, an increase of 3.4% on an annualized basis.

As for the largest manufacturers of specialized backup and recovery devices, EMC remains the leader. In 2014, the company earned a record $2 billion on these products, which corresponds to 62.3% of the total market volume.

Top 5 largest PBBA solution manufacturers by revenue, 2014 (in millions of dollars)

The second place was retained by Symantec, which turned out to be the fastest growing vendor. The company increased revenue from sales of PBBA solutions by 16.2% in 2014, and the manufacturer's market share grew to 12.8% from 11.5% a year earlier.

The top three closed IBM with a 6.3 percent presence indicator and PBBA income of $205.9 million, which fell by 12.3% on an annualized basis. The top five manufacturers also included (HP 4.1% in 2014) and (Quantum 2.2%).

2013

According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2013, sales of specialized devices intended for data backup (purpose-built backup appliance, PBBA) amounted to $962.4 million (+ 9.7% at the same level last year). The volume of the segment of "open" PBBA systems amounted to $860.9 million (+ 8.7%). In the mainframe backup solutions sector, growth was 18.3%. These are the IDC data.

The company's analysts also noted that in October-December 2013, the total capacity of the systems produced for backup reached 509,067 terabytes (an increase of 8% in annual terms). Manufacturers of this category in 2013 earned about $3.1 billion.

According to data, in Gartner 2013, products and solutions,, and were leading in the global market Commvault EMC. IBM IDC released Symantec the Worldwide Quarterly Purpose Built Backup Appliance Tracker (PBBA) report in 2013. According to this document, the revenue of companies in this segment for the second quarter of 2013 amounted to $720 million (an increase of 7.3% compared to the same period last year). 62.6% of this market was held by EMC. It was followed by (12.4% Symantec), (7.3%) IBM (5.3%) HP and (2.5%), Quantum all other companies occupied less than 2% on the market, a total of 10% of the market. Analysts noted IDC that the leaders in this category were the same companies that lead the global market for backup and recovery systems in general.

2012

In terms of manufacturers' revenue, the global market for purpose-built backup appliance (PBBA) did not show significant growth in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period last year. Such data were cited in the IDC. In a study of this market, according to the results of the third quarter of 2012, it was noted that the global revenue of producers amounted to $655.3 million.

In terms of total revenue, the global PBBA market was $655.3 million in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $655.1 million in the third quarter of 2011. Thus, according to IDC, in the third quarter the market did not show significant growth when comparing "year-on-year." However, the study reported that in terms of revenues, the market volume in the segment of "open" PBBA systems amounted to $567.7 million in the third quarter of 2012, which means 6.4% growth compared to the third quarter of last year.

IDC experts noted that the alignment of the third quarter of this year in the global PBBA market with the indicators of the same period last year is a short-term phenomenon due to the fact that consumers transfer the costs of data protection and acquisition of data recovery solutions to a later period. In the long term, IDC experts see an optimistic scenario for the PBBA market, as the main motivations of consumers of these products remained unchanged. Customers will continue to embrace their PBBA systems as part of improving their backup infrastructure.

As for the distribution of the shares of the market under consideration (by revenue indicator) among the main players, according to IDC, in the third quarter of 2012 the situation was as follows: In the first place with a share of 66.6% was EMC, for the year (compared with the third quarter of 2011) this vendor was an increase of 7%. The second place in the third quarter of this year was occupied by IBM, whose share was 10.8%, however, when comparing "year-for-year," this vendor has a decrease of 42.8%.

Symantec ranked third in the third quarter of 2012 with a 6.8% share, and compared to the third quarter of 2011, this company showed 94.4% positive dynamics in the market for specialized devices designed for data backup.

The fourth position in the period under consideration was occupied by HP, whose share at the end of the quarter was estimated by experts at 4.5% (changes in the year-to-year comparison amounted to minus 5.9%). Fifth place in the third quarter of 2012 is occupied by Quantum. This player accounts for 2.8%, and the changes compared to the third quarter of 2011 were plus 5.1%.

According to the results of this quarter, the share of vendors included in the "rest" category accounts for 8.5% of the global PBBA market. The share of this category when comparing "year-for-year" increased by 6.8%.

Regarding the data on revenue from major players, IDC analysts provided the following information: In the third quarter of 2012, EMC's revenue in the market under consideration amounted to $436.4 million (in the third quarter of 2011 it was $407.7 million).

The following IBM vendor had this figure for the quarter equal to $70.6 million (according to the results of the third quarter of 2011, it was $123.4 million). Symantec completed the third quarter of 2012 with $44.7 million in revenue in the market under consideration. According to the results of the third quarter of 2011, this vendor's revenue was $23mn.

Quantum figures for the reporting period amounted to $18.4 million (in the third quarter of 2011 it was $17.5 million). According to the results of the quarter under review, the share of vendors included in the "rest" category accounts for $55.9 million in revenue in the global PBBA market. According to the results of the third quarter of 2011, the indicators of this category amounted to $52.4 million.

55% of healthcare organizations do not expect to recover data after a failure

An international study by Acronis Global Disaster Recovery 2012 found that despite many recent natural disasters, more than half (55%) of organizations in the health sector are unsure that they will be able to recover data after a failure. A third (33%) of healthcare IT professionals surveyed are confident that as a result of a system failure, data will not be recovered quickly, and 42% say that their organization's IT infrastructure will be idle for a significant time until full recovery.   The survey showed that the difficult economic situation in many countries of the world puts IT employees in difficult conditions. One in five (22%) respondents stated that the main problem in creating an effective backup and disaster recovery system is budget reduction. Thus, 34% of healthcare organizations around the world in 2011 did not allocate funds at all for backup and disaster recovery. In that regard, health care was the most dysfunctional industry.   And while virtualization should help reduce costs, the vast majority (84%) of healthcare organizations have only partially virtualized their IT infrastructure. Only 27% of respondents said that more than half of the servers were virtualized in their organization. At the same time, this often does not help to improve the situation with data security: 18% of respondents did not back up virtual servers as often as physical ones, putting the data located on them at risk.   61% of respondents then said that their organization uses separate solutions to protect the physical and virtual IT infrastructure. And the situation will only become more complicated, since cloud technologies will also be introduced in many healthcare organizations in the near future: 33% of the organizations surveyed plan to do this.   Like the rest of the business, healthcare has struggled with hybrid IT infrastructure, with 36% of organizations using three or more software solutions to back up data. At the same time, 73% say that a single solution that would allow you to create backups and restore data in physical, virtual and cloud environments could increase the level of security of the IT infrastructure.  

The study was organized by Acronis with support from the Ponemon Institute Research Institute in late 2011. The survey involved 6,000 engineers and IT managers of medium and small enterprises (up to 1000 jobs) from 15 sectors of the economy of 18 leading countries of the world.

Veeam's Virtual Environment Data Protection Report

According to an independent survey of 500 Chief information officers in the United States and Europe, enterprises still did not take full advantage of the data protection benefits provided by virtualization and did not take into account all the difficulties and additional costs associated with its use. In addition, in a number of industries, the performance of data protection systems in enterprises has even decreased since the last study in late 2011.

The main conclusions of the study:

• 68% of Chief information officers thought the backup and recovery tools they use would become less efficient in the future as the amount of data and servers in their organizations grew.
• Recovery of virtual servers is not much faster than recovery of physical servers: 5 and 6 hours, respectively. There was a downward trend in the recovery rate: in 2011, the recovery took 4 and 5 hours.
• Each hour of downtime on average cost the company $324 thousand. This means that downtime per incident costs an average of $1.6 million.
• Restoring individual files and applications can take even longer. For example, it takes an average of 14 hours to recover emails.
• Regardless of the amount of time spent, businesses had problems recovering data in more than 1 of 6 cases.
• 88% of Chief information officers experienced backup and recovery challenges. For 84%, the system is complex, and 87% of respondents considered the system used too costly. This suggests that data protection and recovery is still a challenge.
• 58% of Chief information officers planned to replace backup tools for the virtual environments they use by 2014.

"At first glance, Chief information officers" concerns seem to be justified: despite the opportunity for a more efficient and faster data protection process that virtualization provides and the benefits that modern tools make available, recovery times have increased compared to 2011. This apparent loss is for two reasons. Firstly, the virtual infrastructure is constantly expanding: today the virtual environment has become the basis of most IT infrastructures, and in the future it will continue to grow. Secondly, organizations do not update their data protection systems to the required level. For example, most businesses still use special agents for backup and recovery. Such a solution is suitable for a physical environment, but is not necessary and reasonable for a virtual infrastructure. As long as organizations look at virtualization, focusing exclusively on the physical environment, they will not be able to use its entire ​​potentsial, "said Ratmir Timashev, President and Executive Director of Veeam.

The number of virtual servers in enterprises is 51%, with the number expected to grow to 63% by 2014. Chief information officer can help but notice the challenges posed by their growing virtual infrastructure.

88% of CIO Faces Limited Backup Capabilities For 84%, problems are associated with increasing complexity of systems, for 87% - with costs. 77% of enterprises using special backup agents had difficulty operating backup and recovery technology. These include overly complex management (43%), frequent backup errors (32%), restores (28%), technology costs (20%), and agents that slow server performance (18%).

One sign that businesses are becoming aware of the challenges was that 58% of respondents planned to replace their backup tools for virtual servers by 2014. The main driving force behind this was the financial component. In order to reduce costs (TSO), 51% of respondents planned to change their tools, 42% wanted to reduce their costs for hardware and software. The main reasons for the change were complexity (47%), the inability to ensure the achievement of RTO indicators (32%) and RPO (24%).

"Virtualization technology is reaching a turning point," said Ratmir Timashev. - Organizations have recognized the benefits that technology can bring. Now they are beginning to understand what the technology is really capable of if it is competently controlled. State-of-the-art data protection tools designed specifically for virtualizations can unlock this potential, as well as address many of the challenges, complexities, and costs faced by IT departments. For example, reducing the cost of processes such as replication will enable enterprises to protect many more of their vital infrastructure from server downtime, ultimately saving millions. dollars Virtualization restoring data will result in enterprises being able to test more backups, whereas today only 7% are tested. Most importantly, using the appropriate tools for work will help Chief information officers restore a separate file or the entire server in less than 5 hours, "explained Ratmir Timashev.

2008

According to an analysis conducted by the analytical company IDC in early autumn 2008, the market (as well as most areas and services in the field of IT) has grown significantly, since the profits of companies specializing in the production of information protection tools. In the third quarter of 2008, according to the IDC report, the total market volume in monetary terms amounted to $3.1 billion, an increase of 11% compared to the results of the same quarter of the previous year. Analysts believed that despite the unfavorable financial condition of the world, the backup market has an opportunity to strengthen its position. However, companies that can offer the cheapest and most effective solutions are most likely.

See also

• Backup system
• Backup System (Technology)
• Backup System (Security)
• Backup and Recovery Infrastructure Weaknesses
• Data Backup (Russian Market)
• Backup'big data': 10 questions about deduplication
• TADnets: How to Organize Cloud Backups

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