IDC Blade Market Survey: The Dynamic Platform for the Future Datacenter

IDC Blade Market Survey: The Dynamic Platform for the Future Datacenter published by IDC in March, 2010. This report consists of Pages: 21 and the price starts from US $ 4500.

Introduction

Abstract

This IDC study focuses on the blade server market by examining survey responses from over 200 enterprise customers. For a comprehensive view of the current state of the blade market, analysis is provided on companies blade deployments, including customer requirements, workloads, form factor benefits, purchasing criteria, and vendor perceptions.

"Blades are becoming the dynamic platform for the datacenter of the future as companies are increasingly leveraging blades in strategic initiatives within their IT infrastructure," said Jed Scaramella, senior research analyst with IDC' s Enterprise Servers and Datacenter Trends. "This survey reveals how customers recognize that the converged nature of blade technologies can optimize their IT environments by improving asset utilization, IT flexibility, and energy efficiency."

Table of Contents

• IDC Opinion
• In This Study
• Methodology
• Situation Overview
• Summary of End-User Research
• Blades Are Strategic to Driving Dynamic IT
• Blades and Virtualization
• Customer' s Blade Environment
• Blade Workloads
• Customers Seek to Expand Blade Applications
• Future Outlook
• Virtualization Impact
• Efficiency Drives Blade Purchase
• Deployment Obstacles Are Decreasing
• Blade Vendors
• Customer Brand Perception
• Dell
• HP
• IBM
• Essential Guidance
• Learn More
• Related Research
• Appendix
• Synopsis
• Table: Top 5 Drivers of Blade Adoption
• Table: Customer Brand Perception by Vendor
• Figure: Context of Blade Deployment
• Figure: Blade Virtualization by Blade Server Penetration Rate
• Figure: Customer Server Deployment by Form Factor and Vendor
• Figure: Blade Workload by Application
• Figure: Importance of Backward Compatibility by Multichip Architecture Importance Rating
• Figure: Future Server Purchases by Form Factor and Vendor
• Figure: Impact of Virtualization on Blade Purchases by Virtualization Rate
• Figure: Importance of Architecture in Vendor Portfolio
• Figure: Future Server Purchases by Form Factor and Company Size
• Figure: Importance of Blade Purchase Criteria
• Figure: Blade Purchase Obstacles
• Figure: Average Expected Life Cycle of Blade Chassis and Blade Server
• Figure: Drivers of IT Infrastructure Replacement

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