Gartner's report suggests that these have been deployed as a mainstream option in many companies, irrespective of their budgets.
Andreas Bitterer, research vice president at the organisation, claims that there has been an interesting pattern of adoption in the last few years.
He says that take-up was very low prior to 2004 and was rarely considered as a viable option, but that this has changed.
'This submarket has developed nicely, having developed consistent growth rates over the last few years,' he states.
Mr Bitterer highlights the fact that this trend has been noticed by a number of commercial vendors, who have tried to come up with countermeasures to address the advantages of these competitors.
In other news, IDC figures show the world storage software market has grown by 1.2 per cent during the last three months, although it is down 7.9 per cent year-on-year.
Andreas Bitterer, research vice president at the organisation, claims that there has been an interesting pattern of adoption in the last few years.
He says that take-up was very low prior to 2004 and was rarely considered as a viable option, but that this has changed.
'This submarket has developed nicely, having developed consistent growth rates over the last few years,' he states.
Mr Bitterer highlights the fact that this trend has been noticed by a number of commercial vendors, who have tried to come up with countermeasures to address the advantages of these competitors.
In other news, IDC figures show the world storage software market has grown by 1.2 per cent during the last three months, although it is down 7.9 per cent year-on-year.
