Publish Date: 3Q 08

This report identifies different consumer storage platforms and profiles the most representative / competitive solution providers. With the latest consumer data on intenders and early adopters, a comprehensive industry analysis, and industry forecasts, this report takes an early look at an emerging but promising home server industry.

“Current file storage solutions are not equipped to handle consumers’ ever-growing libraries of digital photos, music, and video,” said Jane Shields, research analyst, Parks Associates. “Soon the average broadband household will need close to a terabyte of storage to account for their media collections on PCs, portable devices, and DVRs. However, while storage capacity will certainly be a critical factor in purchase decisions, the industry needs to pay attention to additional features as it approaches the mass market.”

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The Bottom Line is a concise, executive-level summary of the current state of the market, evolutionary path, and the implications for companies doing business in this space.

A Parks Associates’ Resource Book contains a wealth of consumer survey data and company profiles—a must-have reference for product/market planning.

The Bottom Line

1.0   Notes on Methodology

1.1 Data Sources

1.2 Definitions

2.0   Consumer Storage: An Overview

2.1 Classifying Storage Solutions

2.1.1 Network-hosted/Online Storage

2.1.2 Portable/Mobile Storage

2.1.3 Direct Attached Storage

2.1.4 Network Attached Storage

2.1.5 Home Server

3.0   Catalysts for the Home Server

3.1 Consumer Factors

3.1.1 Digital Media Use on the Rise

3.1.2 Backup and Safekeeping

3.1.3 Sharing

3.1.4 Home Networking’s Evolution beyond Just Data

3.2 Business Factors

3.2.1 Established Players Seeking New Markets

3.2.2 The Role of Service Providers: Network-hosted and Local Storage Strategies

3.3 Key Components of the Consumer Storage Experience

3.3.1 Connectivity Approaches

3.3.2 Storage Media

3.3.2.1 Flash Memory

3.3.3 Home Networking Technologies

3.3.4 Software/Middleware Solutions

3.3.5 Industry-led Efforts to Create Connected Product Ecosystems

4.0   Market Forecasts

5.0   Conclusions and Recommendations

5.1 For Storage CE Companies

5.2 For Service Providers

5.3 For Technology Providers

Resource Book

1.0  Profiles

1.1 Silicon Companies

1.1.1 Broadcom

1.1.2 Marvell

1.1.3 LSI Corporation

1.1.4 Oxford Semiconductor

1.1.5 PMC-Sierra Incorporated

1.2 Disk and Memory Companies

1.2.1 Fujitsu Limited

1.2.2 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies

1.2.3 Hynix

1.2.4 Intel

1.2.5 Micron Technology

1.2.6 SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd

1.2.7 Seagate Technology LLC

1.2.8 Spansion

1.2.9 SMSC

1.2.10 Toshiba

1.2.11 Western Digital

1.3 NAS Enclosure Companies

1.3.1 D-Link

1.3.2 Helios

1.3.3 NETGEAR

1.3.4 Promise Technology

1.3.5 Ximeta

1.3.6 Zetera

1.3.7 ZyXEL

1.4 Network-hosted Storage

1.4.1 Allmydata.com

1.4.2 Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)

1.4.3 Box.net

1.4.4 Carbonite

1.4.5 eSnips Ltd.

1.4.6 Fabrik

1.4.7 Flipdrive

1.4.8 HP Upline

1.4.9 IBackup

1.4.10 iStorage by Iomega

1.4.11 MioNet by Western Digital

1.4.12 Mozy by EMC

1.4.13 Omnidrive

1.4.14 Openomy

1.4.15 Strongspace by Joyent

1.4.16 SugarSync by Sharpcast, Inc.

1.5 Portable Software Companies

1.5.1 Buffalo

1.5.2 Fujitsu Limited

1.5.3 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers

1.5.4 HP

1.5.5 Iomega

1.5.6 LaCie

1.5.7 Philips

1.5.8 SanDisk Corporation

1.5.9 Seagate Technology LLC

1.5.10 SimpleTech by Fabrik

1.5.11 Storage Application Corporation

1.5.12 Toshiba

1.5.13 Western Digital

1.5.14 Ximeta

1.6 Direct Attached Storage Companies

1.6.1 Buffalo

1.6.2 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers

1.6.3 Hammer Storage

1.6.4 Iomega

1.6.5 LaCie

1.6.6 Philips

1.6.7 Seagate Technology LLC

1.6.8 SimpleTech by Fabrik

1.6.9 Western Digital

1.7 Network Attached Storage Companies

1.7.1 Buffalo

1.7.2 Hammer Storage

1.7.3 LaCie

1.7.4 Philips

1.7.5 Western Digital

1.8 Home Server Companies

1.8.1 Apple

1.8.2 Buffalo

1.8.3 Fujitsu-Siemens Computers

1.8.4 HP

1.8.5 Iomega

1.8.6 LaCie

1.8.7 Philips

1.8.8 Seagate Technology LLC

1.8.9 TranquilPC

1.9 Software Companies

1.9.1 Axentra

1.9.2 Digion

1.9.3 EMC

1.9.4 J. River, Inc.

1.9.5 Macrovision

1.9.6 Microsoft

1.9.7 PacketVideo by Nextwave Wireless Inc.

1.9.8 QNX Software

1.9.9 Syabas Technology Inc.

Authored by Jane Shields
Executive Editor: Kurt Scherf
Published by Parks Associates

© July 2008 Parks Associates
Dallas, Texas 75230

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