This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the North American market for the core datacenter infrastructure hardware categories of servers, disk storage systems, and networking products. The forecast covers the 2012-2016 period. The forecast shows both direct and indirect revenue for datacenter infrastructure growing throughout the forecast period. However, direct revenue grows slightly faster than indirect revenue. The forecast also indicates that single-tier growth will outpace two-tier growth in the indirect channel.
"Several macrotrends in the IT landscape including the transition to more IT being delivered as a service, continued vendor consolidation, and the acceptance of converged architecture technologies will slow the growth rate of the indirect channel and shift the locus of influence within the indirect channel more toward service provider business models and away from the hardware resale model of the traditional VAR channel," says Chris Ilg, program director for IDC's Infrastructure Channels practice.
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IDC Opinion
In This Study
Methodology
Definitions
Direct
Indirect
Two Tier
Single Tier
Server
Disk Storage Systems
Networking
Situation Overview
Cloud Computing
Vendor Consolidation
Converged Infrastructure Solutions
Increased Emphasis on Services
Future Outlook
Forecast and Assumptions
Market Context
Essential GuidancE
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Synopsis
Table: North America Server Spending by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 ($M)
Table: North America Server Spending Share by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 (%)
Table: North America Disk Storage Systems Spending by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 ($M)
Table: North America Disk Storage Systems Spending Share by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 (%)
Table: North America Networking Spending by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 ($M)
Table: North America Networking Spending Share by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 (%)
Table: North America Datacenter Infrastructure Spending by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 ($M)
Table: North America Datacenter Infrastructure Spending Share by Channel and Tier, 2012-2016 (%)
Table: Top 3 Assumptions for the North America Datacenter Infrastructure Channels Market, 2012-2016
Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the North America Datacenter Infrastructure Channels Market, 2012-2016
Table: North America Datacenter Infrastructure Channels Indirect IT Spending, 2011-2016: Comparison of July 2011 and May 2012 Forecasts ($M)
Figure: North America Datacenter Infrastructure Channels Indirect IT Spending, 2011-2016: Comparison of July 2011 and May 2012 Forecasts
North America Datacenter Infrastructure Channels 2012-2016 Forecast: Direct Versus Indirect IT Spending published by IDC in May 21, 2012. This report consists of 36 Pages and the price starts from US $ 7000.
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