Following data reported by several analyst firms, Samsung today announced that it’s now leading the global enterprise SSD market and is the number one supplier of enterprise solid state drives used in corporate data centers. IDC’s latest report shows that Samsung rose to this position in the first quarter of this year and that it now accounts for 32.4 percent of the market. This marks a substantial increase for Samsung from Q4 2015 when it had cornered 22 percent of the market.

Market research firm Forward Insights also found that Samsung took the lead in Q1 2016 and now holds a 34 percent share. Its numbers put Samsung at 25 percent in the final quarter of last year. TrendFocus has been the most bullish on Samsung’s enterprise SSD prospects, giving the company a 45 percent share in the global enterprise SSD market in the first quarter of this year. Samsung is now offering more than 18 SSD families with over 100 different variants to enterprise consumers. It says that its rapid growth in this market is complemented by its leadership in consumer SSD sales over the past six years.