EMEA Server Blade Forecast 2006-2011

Publication Date	February 2008
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	38
ISBN Number	not applicable
Product Code	IDC03918

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Summary

This IDC study examines the Western European blade server market, providing historical shipment and revenue figures by country for the year 2006 and a forecast for 2007-2011. As enterprise spending continues to rebound, IDC expects the server blade market to remain the hyper-growth segment of the server market. Server blades grew by 37.1% in 2006 to represent 8.4% of all server units shipped worldwide and 10.4% in Western Europe. This performance is expected to continue over the coming years, with a predicted 34.2% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) through 2011 in unit terms. Such growth would see 974,171 server blade shipments in 2011, representing more than one in every four x86 shipments.

"The shift towards dynamic IT computing models has now begun and the promised management capabilities of blades play extremely well here. Certainly, blades have seen good traction during the initial stages of IT simplification, proving to be an ideal platform for consolidation activities"said Nathaniel Martinez, program manager with IDC European Server Group.

Content

IDC Opinion
In This Study
- Executive Summary
Situation Overview
Figure: EMEA Server Blade Share 2006 (Units)
- Hewlett-Packard
- IBM
- Fujitsu Siemens Computers
- Dell
- Sun Microsystems
Future Outlook
- Forecast and Assumptions
- Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Western European Blade Server Market, 2007-2011
- Table: EMEA Blade Server Unit Shipment and End-User Spending Forecast, 2007-2011
- Figure: EMEA Server Blade Forecast (Units), 2007-2011
- Figure: Comparison of Forecast x86 Form-Factor Growth Rates in EMEA (Units), 2007-2011
- Figure: Western European Server Blade Forecast (End-User Revenue) and ASV Trends, 2007-2011
- Figure: Comparison of Long-Term and Mid-Term Server Blade CAGRs by Sub Region EMEA (Units)
- Figure: European Server Blade Market Opportunity by Major Region, 2006
- Figure: EMEA Sub-Regional Server Blade Forecast Growth Rates (Units), 2006-2011
  - Factors Impacting Server Blade Adoption in Western Europe
    - Enterprise Spending Patterns
    - Blade Server Adoption and Green IT
    - Figure: What Was the Primary Reason for Choosing Server Blade Infrastructure?
  - Consolidation/Virtualization/Server Utilization
  - Figure: What Was the Primary Use for Server Blades?
    - Changing the Mindset of IT Administrators
    - Figure: What is the Primary Reason for Not Wanting Server Blades?
    - Thermodynamics and Power
    - Server Blades for the SMB Market
- Market Context
- Table: Western European Server Blade Customer Spending, 2005-2011, Comparison of May 2005 and October 2007 Forecasts ($M)
- Figure: Western European Server Blade Customer Spending, 2005-2011, Comparison of May 2005 and October 2007 Forecasts ($M)
Essential Guidance
Figure: Server Blade Value Proposition
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- Related Research
- Synopsis