Japan Blade Server Vendor Competitive Analysis 2007: Industry Report

Japan Blade Server Vendor Competitive Analysis 2007

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: IDC
Published: March 2008
Product Code: R104-33347

Description

This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japan report IDC #J7110108) analyzes the competitive climate of the vendors and shipment trends in the Japan blade server market until the first half of 2007 (January to June). It also discusses the competitive edges of the leading vendors.

The results of the analysis of the Japan blade server market based on IDC Leadership Grid shows that there are huge differences in the ability to gain share among the top five vendors. "Vendors that have made blade servers their strategic products should implement strategies that accelerate the change to blade servers among corporate users that make use of the vendors' rack-optimized servers or non-rack-optimized servers, in order to protect their installation-based servers from other competitors. On top of that, IDC thinks it is necessary that vendors develop strategies that can increase the number of new users of blade servers," observes Satoshi Fukutomi, Research Manager, Servers, IDC Japan.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Methodology

List of Analyzed Vendors

Definition of a Blade Server

Executive Summary

Situation Overview

Introduction

Figure: Shipment Results in Japan Blade Server Market, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Shipment Percentages in Japan Server Market by Form Factor, 1H02-1H07

Trends in Japan Blade Server Market

Trends in Product Types and by Product Types

Figure: Product Classification of Main Vendors in Japan Blade Server Market: Number of Processors Definition

Figure: Product Classification of Main Vendors in Japan Blade Server Market: Number of Processor Cores Definition

Trends by Vendors

Figure: Shipment Revenue Shares in Japan Blade Server Market by Vendors, 1H06-1H07

Figure: Shipment Revenue Percentages of Blade Servers of Leading Vendors, 1H02-1H07

Table: Shipment Revenue Results in Japan Blade Server Market by Vendors, 1H03-1H07

Figure: Shipment Shares in Japan Blade Server Market by Vendors, 1H06-1H07

Figure: Shipment Percentages of Blade Servers of Leading Vendors, 1H02-1H07

Table: Shipments Results in Japan Blade Server Market by Vendors, 1H03-1H07

Trends by Attributes

Shipments Results by Products

Table: Shipment Revenue Results in Japan Blade Server Market by Products, 1H03-1H07

Table: Shipments Results in Japan Blade Server Market by Products, 1H03-1H07

Shipments Results by Price Band

Figure: Percentage of Shipments in Japan Blade Server Market by Price Band, 1H02-1H07

Shipments Results by Socket Compatibility

Figure: Percentage of Shipments in Japan Blade Server Market by Socket Capability, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Percentage of Shipments in Japan Blade Server Market CPU by Capability, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Shipment Percentages in Japan x86 Server Market by Form Factor: 1-Socket, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Average Prices in Japan x86 Server Markets by Form Factor: 1-Socket, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Percentage of Shipments in Japan x86 Server Market by Form Factor: 2-Socket, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Average Prices in Japan x86 Server Markets by Form Factor: 2-Sockets, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Japan x86 Server Market by Form Factor Percentage of Shipments: 4-Socket, 1H02-1H07

Figure: Average Prices in Japan x86 Server Market by Form Factor: 4-Socket, 1H02-1H07

Shipments Results by Enclosure Size

Figure: Percentage of Shipments in Japan Blade Server Market by Enclosure Sizes, 1H02-1H07

Vendors: Compared and Contrast

Table: IDC Leadership Grid Evaluation Subjects and Indexes

Positions of Vendors in Japan Blade Server Market

Figure: Positions of Vendors in Japan Blade Server Market, 1H07

Analysis of the Five Leading Vendors

Changes in Positions

Figure: Change in Positions in Japan Blade Server Market: Top Five Vendors

Hitachi

Figure: Hitachi: Ability to Gain Share

Figure: Hitachi: Ability to Gain Opportunities

IBM

Figure: IBM: Ability to Gain Share

Figure: IBM: Ability to Gain Opportunities

NEC

Figure: NEC: Ability to Gain Share

Figure: NEC: Ability to Gain Opportunities

HP

Figure: HP: Ability to Gain Share

Figure: HP: Ability to Gain Opportunities

Fujitsu

Figure: Fujitsu: Ability to Gain Share

Figure: Fujitsu: Ability to Gain Opportunities

Future Outlook

Scenarios

Figure: Japan Blade Server Market Forecast, 2006-2011

Figure: Forecast of Shipment Percentages of Blade Server in Japan Server Market, 2006-2011

Table: Forecast of Shipments in Japan Blade Server Market by Products, 2006-2011

Essential Guidance

Actions to Consider

Learn More

Related Research

Definitions

Classification of Server Products

Vendors' Names

Price Band/Server Class

Socket Capability

U Ratings

Rack-Optimized Servers

Synopsis

Ordering and More Information

Price and Delivery Options

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