The report considers the present scenario of the strategic assessment of the worldwide consumer and enterprise NAS market and its strategic assessment for the period 2015−2021. It also includes a detailed analysis of various growth drivers, trends, and restraints. The report also includes the leading five vendors in the market.

Section 1 Research Methodology 12

Section 2 Executive Summary 13

Section 3 Report Coverage 14

3.1 Report Assumption 15

3.2 Market Derivation 16

Section 4 Introduction 17

4.1.1 Summary of Future of NAS Market 17

Section 5 Key Market Drivers 19

5.1 NAS for Smart Home and Home Automation 19

5.2 Need for Personal Storage 20

5.3 Demand for Integrating Working Environments 21

5.4 Efficient, Convenient, and Cost-efficient 21

5.5 Impact of Market Drivers 2015−2021 23

5.6 Impact of Market Drivers on Geographies in 2015 23

Section 6 Key Market Restraints 24

6.1.1 Increased Adoption of Cloud Storage in Consumer Segment 24

6.1.2 Low Data Users Prefer DAS 24

6.1.3 Slow File Transfer Speeds than SAN 25

6.2 Impact of Market Restraints 2015−2021 27

6.3 Impact of Market Restraints on Geographies (2015) 27

Section 7 Key Market Trends 28

7.1 Cloud-based Synchronization for NAS 28

7.2 Decline ASPs of NAS 28

7.3 Use of SAN-NAS combined 28

7.4 Increased Need for Video Surveillance 29

7.5 Impact of Trends in 2015−2021 29

7.6 Impact of Market Trends on Geographies (2015) 30

Section 8 Market Landscape 31

8.1 Consumer & SOHO 31

8.1.1 Increased Mobile Subscriptions and Mobile Broadband 31

8.1.2 How much Data Users are Generating per Month? 32

8.1.3 Connected World Ecosystem 32

8.1.4 Storage Behavior of Consumers 34

8.2 Enterprises 35

8.2.1 Types of NAS 35

Section 9 Worldwide Consumer and Enterprise NAS market 37

9.1 Market Size and Forecast by Revenue 37

9.2 Market Size and Forecast by Shipment 41

Section 10 NAS Pricing Analysis 43

10.1 Consumer and Enterprise NAS ASP Analysis 43

10.2 Cost Analysis: Cloud Storage Vs. NAS Storage 45

10.2.1 Consumers NAS 45

10.2.2 SOHO NAS 48

10.2.3 SMBs NAS 50

10.2.4 SMEs NAS 52

Section 11 Worldwide Consumer and Enterprise NAS by Product Segmentation 54

11.1 Market Size and Forecast by Revenue and Shipment 54

Section 12 Market Size and Forecast of the Consumer NAS Market 57

12.1 Consumer NAS: Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 57

12.2 Consumer NAS: Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 58

Section 13 Market Size and Forecast of SOHO NAS Market 60

13.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 60

13.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) of SOHO NAS Market 61

Section 14 Market Size and Forecast of SMB NAS Market 63

14.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 63

14.2 SMB NAS: Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 64

Section 15 Market Size and Forecast of SME NAS Market 66

15.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 66

15.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 67

Section 16 Market Size and Forecast of Large Enterprise NAS Market 69

16.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 69

16.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) of Large Enterprise NAS Market 70

Section 17 Geographical Segmentation 71

17.1 Overall Scenario 71

17.1.1 Revenue 71

17.1.2 Shipment 74

Section 18 Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market in North America 75

18.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 75

18.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 76

18.3 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) by Users Segment 77

18.4 Leading Country Market Size and Forecast 78

18.4.1 US: Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market 78

Section 19 Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market in Europe 80

19.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 80

19.2 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 81

19.3 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) by User Segment 82

19.4 Leading Country Market Size and Forecast 83

19.4.1 UK: Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market 83

Section 20 Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market in APAC 85

20.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 85

20.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 86

20.3 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) by User Segment 87

20.4 Leading Country Market Size and Forecast 88

20.4.1 Chine: Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market 88

20.4.2 Japan: Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market 89

Section 21 Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market in Latin America 91

21.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 91

21.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 92

21.3 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) by User Segment 93

Section 22 Consumer and Enterprise NAS Market in MEA 94

22.1 Market Size and Forecast (Revenue) 94

22.2 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) 95

22.3 Market Size and Forecast (Shipment) by User Segment 96

Section 23 Competitive Landscape 97

23.1 Overall Competitive Analysis 97

23.2 Market Share of Consumer NAS 98

23.3 Market Share of SOHO NAS 100

23.4 Market Share of SMB NAS 102

23.5 Market Share of SME NAS 104

23.6 Market Share of Large Enterprise NAS 105

Section 24 Key Vendors analysis 107

24.1 Apple 107

24.1.1 About the Company 107

24.1.2 Product Offering 107

24.1.3 Strength 107

24.1.4 Opportunities 108

24.2 Buffalo Technology 109

24.2.1 About the Company 109

24.2.2 Product Offering 109

24.2.3 Strength 109

24.2.4 Opportunities 109

24.3 NETGEAR 110

24.3.1 About the Company 110

24.3.2 Product Offering 110

24.3.3 Strength 110

24.3.4 Opportunities 111

24.4 QNAP 112

24.4.1 About the Company 112

24.4.2 Product Offering 112

24.4.3 Strength 112

24.4.4 Opportunities 113

24.5 Seagate 114

24.5.1 About the Company 114

24.5.2 Product Offering 114

24.5.3 Strength 115

24.5.4 Opportunities 115

24.6 Synology 116

24.6.1 About the company 116

24.6.2 Product Offering 116

24.6.3 Strength 116

24.6.4 Opportunities 116

24.7 Western Digital 117

24.7.1 About the Company 117

24.7.2 Product Offering 117

24.7.3 Strength 117

24.7.4 Opportunities 117

24.8 Dell 118

24.8.1 About the Company 118

24.8.2 Product Offering 118

24.8.3 Strength 118

24.8.4 Opportunities 118

24.9 Dell EMC 119

24.9.1 About the Company 119

24.9.2 Product Offering 119

24.9.3 Strength 119

24.9.4 Opportunities 119

24.10 Hitachi Data System 121

24.10.1 About the Company 121

24.10.2 Product Offering 121

24.10.3 Strength 121

24.10.4 Opportunities 121

24.11 HP 122

24.11.1 About the Company 122

24.11.2 Product Offering 122

24.11.3 Strength 122

24.11.4 Opportunities 122

24.12 NetApp 123

24.12.1 About the Company 123

24.12.2 Product Offering 123

24.12.3 Strength 123

24.12.4 Opportunities 123

Section 25 Other Vendors 124

25.1.1 Asustor 124

25.1.2 Direct Data Networks 124

25.1.3 Drobo 124

25.1.4 Fujitsu 124

25.1.5 LenovoEMC 124

25.1.6 Nfina Technologies 125

25.1.7 Oracle 125

25.1.8 Promise Technology 125

25.1.9 Quantum (Maxtor) 125

25.1.10 Tegile System 125

25.1.11 Thecus 125

25.1.12 X-IO Technologies 126

25.1.13 Zyxel Communication 126

Section 26 Appendix 127

Section 27 Summary of Figures 129