IDC's Worldwide Converged Systems Taxonomy, 2023

PUBLISHED: August 4, 2023

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Description

This IDC study provides an overview of how IDC defines and measures the converged systems market. Technology definitions that directly relate to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker are provided as the descriptions of IDC's approach to segmenting this market."The benefits of converged, hyperconverged, and composable infrastructure, including agility, faster time to market for developers, ease of management, and their potential to power edge deployments, are evidenced by continued growth in this market," said Dave Pearson, research vice president, IDC's Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies Group. "Adoption continues to grow from core to edge to hybrid cloud deployments for organizations at all stages of their journey toward the digital business era."

Product Code: US50858023

IDC's Worldwide Converged Systems Taxonomy

Converged Systems Taxonomy Changes for 2023

Taxonomy Overview

Definitions

Converged Systems
- Converged Systems Primary Segments
- Converged Systems Hardware and Software Segments
Integrated Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Integrated Infrastructure Systems
  - Certified Reference Systems
  - Converged Infrastructure Stacks
    - Criteria to Meet to Be Considered Integrated Systems or Certified Reference Systems
- Integrated Infrastructure Platforms
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure Systems
- Hyperconverged Software and COTS Platforms
Composable Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Composable/Disaggregated Infrastructure Systems
- Composable Software and COTS Platforms
Converged Systems Additional Attributes
- Deployment Location
  - Self-Owned and/or Operated Facilities (Local)
  - Service Provider Facilities (Hosted)
- Consumption Model for Infrastructure
  - Capital Expenses
  - Operational Expenses
- Deployment Model
  - Traditional IT
  - Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure
  - Public Cloud Infrastructure
- Deployment Type
  - Bespoke (Custom)
  - Turnkey (Off the Shelf)
- Management/Control Planes
  - Premises-Based Control Plane (Installed or as a Service)
  - Cloud-Based Control Plane (as a Service)
    - Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Control Planes
- Stack Provider (Infrastructure Software Stack)
  - OEM Vendor (Self or Branded)
  - Independent Software Vendor
  - Public Cloud Service Provider
  - Managed Service Provider (Self or Branded)
- Workload Support and Optimization
  - General Purpose - Mixed
  - General Purpose - Current Generation
  - General Purpose - Cloud Native
  - Special Purpose - Fixed
  - Special Purpose - Extensible
- Management Type
  - Self-Managed (Operated)
  - OEM Vendor
  - Independent Software Vendor
  - Cloud Service Provider
  - Managed Service Provider
IDC Market Sizing Criteria
- Branded Market View
  - System Vendor and Hyperconverged Software Vendor Revenue Attribution Differences
  - Metrics Used to Measure the Integrated Infrastructure and Platform Market
  - Exchange Rates
- Vendor Recognition
  - Route to Market: Single Vendor Versus Partnerships