Worldwide and U.S. Blade Server 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares: Industry

Worldwide and U.S. Blade Server 2006-2010 Forecast and 2005 Vendor Shares

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: October 2006
Product Code: R104-28259

Description

This IDC study reviews the worldwide and U.S. blade server market in 2005 and provides a 2006?2010 forecast for this market segment. In addition to 2005 vendor shares, historical and forecast data is provided by region, socket capability, and operating system.

"In its fourth year since market introduction, the blade server segment surpassed $2 billion in customer revenue for 2005," said Jed Scaramella, research analyst, Enterprise Servers. "When compared on a similar adoption timeline, this performance matches that of rack-optimized servers, which are the form factor of choice today. IDC believes blade servers will continue to be the growth area in the overall server market."

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Table of Contents
IDC Opinion
In This Study
Methodology
Situation Overview
Introduction
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Shipments, 2002?2005
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Penetration by Region, 2002?2005
Blades as a Form Factor
Figure: Worldwide Server Shipment Share by Form Factor, 2002?2005
Figure: Worldwide End-User Server Spending Share by Form Factor, 2002?2005
Using Operating Systems to Gauge the Market
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Shipments by Operating System, 2002?2005
2005 Vendor Shares
Table: Worldwide Blade Server Shipments and Factory Revenue by Top 5 Vendor, 2002-2005
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Shipment Share by Vendor, 2005
Future Outlook
Forecast and Assumptions
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Shipments and Customer Revenue, 2005?2010
Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide Blade Server Market by Region, 2006-2010
Figure: Worldwide End-User Server Spending by Form Factor, 2005?2010
Figure: U.S. End-User Server Spending by Form Factor, 2005?2010
Table: Worldwide Blade Server End-User Spending by Operating System, 2005-2010 ($M)
Table: Worldwide Blade Server Shipments by Socket Capability, 2005-2010 (000)
Figure: U.S. Blade Server Shipments and Customer Revenue, 2005?2010
Figure: Canada and Latin America Blade Server Shipments, 2005?2010
Figure: Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa Blade Server Shipments, 2005?2010
Figure: Japan and Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Blade Server Shipments, 2005?2010
Market Context
Table: Worldwide Blade Server Customer Revenue, 2004-2010: Comparison of July 2005 and October 2006 Forecasts ($M)
Figure: Worldwide Blade Server Customer Revenue, 2004?2010: Comparison of July 2005 and October 2006 Forecasts
Essential Guidance
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