The data replication and protection market remains highly dynamic and robust with IDC
currently tracking 39 different companies competing for their part of the $8.9 billion market.
Products range from highly specialized point solutions intended for a single purpose to
broad-based solutions addressing a number of use cases and implementation scenarios. In
modern organizations, virtualized applications make up the vast majority of workloads, though
many also have physical and legacy workloads that must be protected. In addition, nearly all
organizations now need to protect cloud-based workloads, edge workloads, and the emerging
area of containerized workloads.