EXHIBIT 99.2
March 13, 2008
Nexsan Corporation
555 St. Charles Drive, Suite 202
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Attn: Philip Black
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Nexsan Corporation, (the “Company”) has requested that International Data Corporation (“IDC”) execute this letter in connection with a proposed initial public offering by the Company (the “IPO”). In connection with the IPO, the Company will be filing a registration statement on Form S-1 (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In response to such request, please be advised as follows:
1. IDC consents to the use by the Company of IDC’s name in portions of the prospectus and the Registration Statement.
2. IDC consents to the use by the Company of the research data substantially in the form furnished hereto as Exhibit A, which will be included as part of the Registration Statement. In granting such consent, IDC represents that, to its knowledge, the statements made in such research data are accurate and fairly present the matters referred to therein.
In giving such consent, we do not admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder (the “Regulations”), nor do we admit that we are experts with respect to any part of such Registration Statement within the meaning of the term “experts” as used in the Act or the Regulations.
We agree that the existence and terms of the IPO constitute confidential information and agree not to disclose such confidential information to any person or entity or use such confidential information for any purpose other than set forth herein.
Very truly yours,
| INTERNATIONAL DATA CORPORATION | |
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| By: | /s/ Michael Shirer |
| Name: | Michael Shirer |
| Title: | Director, Corporate Communications |
Exhibit A
Industry and market data used throughout this prospectus were obtained through surveys and studies conducted by third parties, and industry and general publications. The information contained in “Business—Industry Background” is based on studies, analyses and surveys prepared by Enterprise Strategy Group, IDC and Gartner. We have not independently verified any of the data from third-party sources nor have we ascertained any underlying economic assumptions relied upon therein. While we are not aware of any misstatements regarding the industry data presented herein, estimates involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the heading “Risk Factors.”
Industry Background
Demand For New Approaches to Storing and Managing Fixed Content
Traditionally, high-cost disk drives that are highly-available and optimized for performance, such as Fibre Channel and SCSI, have been used to store dynamic, transaction-oriented database information, while fixed content has been moved onto less expensive, low-availability storage systems such as tape and optical disk for long-term storage. Historically, most research and development in the storage industry has focused on improving the speed and performance characteristics for managing dynamic information. However, as retention periods lengthen and demands placed on long-term storage become more complex, organizations are increasingly looking for cost-effective, intelligent storage solutions with high-availability that can scale to tackle the exponential growth of fixed content.
In light of these factors, organizations are changing the way they approach the storage and management of fixed content in a number of ways.
· Adoption of low-cost, capacity optimized disk storage — The introduction of low-cost, capacity-optimized ATA, and later Serial ATA, or SATA, disk drives is changing the way organizations store fixed content. More organizations are creating disk-based tiered storage environments, in which data that is highly transactional or mission critical is stored on traditional performance optimized disk drives, such as Fibre Channel or SCSI, while fixed content data is moved to lower cost tiers that are optimized for capacity. These lower cost tiers generally utilize SATA disk drives. As fixed content continues to grow faster than other data types, the result has been a shift from the need for performance-optimized storage to capacity-optimized storage. In addition, the need for ready access to information has led to the replacement of some tape and optical disk solutions with SATA disk drives. IDC estimates that the market for capacity-optimized storage disk systems will grow from $3.3 billion in 2006 to $14.6 billion in 2011, representing a compounded annual growth rate, or CAGR, of 35%. Source: IDC, Worldwide Disk Storage Systems 2007-2011 Forecast Update, December 2007.