2009 External Hard Disk Market Analysis and Forecast

Removable Storage industry has a high-speedof the future growth of it, or to the original DIY
development with rapid spread of network, digital,evolving process, all of this provides the conditions
entertainment-oriented. External hard disk hasfor rapid growth of the original hard drive.
become the largest and greatest potential market of2009 external hard disk market share analysis, based
the blue ocean on the field of IT.on industry, business, markets, industrial chain and
External hard disk has been well known by consumerother details of the four major areas, with the DIY
through the rapid expansion and popularity in the pastto the original evolving process, and original brands
decade. It have grown to 12 million in 2008 from 4(such as Lenovo, Yi Jie, Seagate) is approximately
million in 2005, the average sales are 1 million every35% (that is 350,000 monthly) in 2009, assembly is
month, in just four years, an increase is more thanabout 65% (that is 650,000 monthly), in which
300%, which is the fastest-growing Computergeneral assembly is about 20%.
Peripherals products. HDD market is expected in 2009The next five years (2010-2014), external hard disk
will be maintained in 2008 average according tomarket will maintain steady growth to about 2.5
market forecast although affected by the globalmillion per month in 2014, the growth compared to
financial crisis 2008.the same period last year is about 250%,
According to IDC market research reports, the wholeperiod-on-perion growth is more than 20%, and it will
market of HDD is around of 12 million in 2008, ofbreak the DIY monopoly and the excessive
which DIY assembly is still dominant or monopolisticproportion of the historical situation in 2014, the
position, about 75% market share. The original brandoriginal hdd will occupy about 60%, the assembly is
which represented as Lenovo, Seagate, Yi Jie, Patriotonly 40%.
only take up 25%. Therefore, regardless of the trend