IDC's Worldwide Technical Computing Server Taxonomy, 2009

This taxonomy provides an overview of key technology and market definitions of the technical computing market. This taxonomy is used by IDC worldwide analysts to generate IDC market sizing, forecasts, and company models in the technical computing space. Vendors and users in the technical computing space will find this taxonomy useful in understanding how IDC defines and measures the markets they serve or are considering to enter.

"The technical computing market has emerged as one of the fastest growing markets in IT space in recent years," says Jie Wu, research manager in Technical Computing group at IDC. "It is important for vendors and users as well as those who are looking for potential opportunities in the technical computing market to understand how the market is defined and measured by a set of commonly acknowledged terminologies and methodologies developed by the industry."