IDC

IDC Evaluates The Desktop Virtualization Software Market

June 29, 2011 by Robin Wauters 2 Comments

IDC expects the desktop virtualization market to make significant gains in both revenues and total customer count well into the second half of the decade. As the solutions mature, they will become increasingly applicable to more organizations and a greater breadth of vertical industries.

A new IDC MarketScape report evaluates the current capabilities and long-term strategies of 12 desktop virtualization software vendors.

The report, IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Desktop Virtualization 2011 Vendor Analysis, evaluates vendors in the desktop virtualization space by analyzing their current capabilities as well as their longer-term strategies that impact their ability to provide solutions and gain market share going forward. It utilizes a scoring and ranking model based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria, which results in a graphical illustration of each vendor’s position in the competitive landscape.

Among the vendors evaluated in the report, IDC placed just one – Citrix – in the “Leaders” category.

Citrix was recognized for its comprehensive set of technologies and a firm strategic grip on where it wants to take its product lineup.

IDC placed seven vendors in the “Major Players” category – Desktone, Kaviza, Microsoft, MokaFive, Quest Software, Virtual Bridges, and VMware.

The vendors that were placed in the “Contenders” category were Red Hat, Unidesk, Virtual Computer, and Wanova.

IDC: The Path To The Cloud Is Laid By The Foundation Of Virtualization

May 6, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

According to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, 19.4% of all new servers shipped in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10) were virtualized, an increase from 18.4% in the fourth quarter of 2009.

New server shipments virtualized in 4Q10 increased to 398,617 units, with the majority of the growth coming from emerging regions.

And after declining 4% year over year in 2009, new server shipments virtualized experienced 28% year-over-year growth for the full year 2010. Virtualized server end user spending increased 23.3% year over year in 4Q10 and 13.5% for all of 2010, reaching $16.8 billion for the year.

Worldwide virtualization software revenue for all CPU types increased 36% year over year in 4Q10 to $877 million, due to the maturation of virtualization usage which mandates higher value virtualization software management tools. Virtualization licenses increased 13% year over year and 32% for all of 2010.

Report: Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software Market Will Grow To $2.5 Billion By 2015

February 25, 2011 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of IDC’s new report “Worldwide Cloud Systems Management Software 2010-2015 Forecast and Trends” to their collection of Internet Applications market reports.

This IDC study examines the worldwide cloud systems management software market from 2009 to 2015.

IDC estimates the worldwide cloud systems management software market will total $2.5 billion by 2015.

“Although starting from a relatively low base today, the worldwide cloud systems management software market will grow very quickly as enterprise, midmarket, and service provider customers become comfortable with shared, dynamic cloud environments and migrate more and more applications to cloud in order to improve IT economics and operations,” explains Mary Johnston Turner, research director, Enterprise System Management Software.

IDC: Virtual Server Management Software Revenues to Reach $2.3 Billion in 2013 Thanks To Large-Scale Deployments

April 10, 2009 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

The ramp up of large-scale virtual server implementations around the world will drive tremendous demand for a newly defined competitive market – virtual server management software – for distributed systems (principally Windows, Unix, and Linux platforms), according to new research from IDC.

IDC says the worldwide distributed virtual server management software market had revenues of $871 million in 2008 and will approach $2.3 billion in 2013; a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.3% over the forecast period.

Additional findings from IDC’s research include the following:

Many customers have not yet integrated virtual and physical resource management processes or aligned virtual server management activities with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL).
Over the next five years, the distributed virtual server management software market will evolve and mature, creating significant opportunities for new competitors.
A strong spirit of “coopetition” will permeate this market over the next several years.

This study, Worldwide Distributed Virtual Server Management Software 2009-2013 Forecast: A First Look (IDC #217485), presents IDC’s preliminary top-down sizing of the worldwide distributed virtual server management software market in 2008 and a forecast of worldwide growth in this market for 2009-2013. This analysis is IDC’s first sizing and forecast for this emerging competitive market. Only top-line total market data is shown in this study. The study specifically excludes software related to mainframe, storage, network, or desktop virtualization management. Vendor market share data, as well as data for geographic regions, will be provided in subsequent IDC publications.

IDC Research Shows Strong Server Virtualization Adoption in Europe

July 7, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

According to ONStor, Europe’s lagging in storage virtualization adoption. Recent research from IDC, however, shows the pace of adoption of virtualized servers is incredibly rapid among organizations that are using virtualization, with 35% of servers purchased in 2007 being virtualized and 52% of those bought in 2008 expected to be so. 54% of those not using virtualization expect to do so in the next 18 months.

“Virtualization use has exploded since our last survey of the European market,” said Chris Ingle, consulting and research director, IDC’s Systems Group. “Both large organizations and smaller businesses are using the technology for a wider range of applications and for business critical projects. As use of virtualization grows the challenges around managing complexity, finding skills and software licensing become more apparent”

Further Findings Include:

Organizations are increasing their virtualization of x86 systems for core business applications, although the majority of virtualization is still for test and development and for network server applications. Expertise and skills are the biggest barrier to virtualization adoption.
Growth of virtualization as a strategy remains strong, rising from 46% of the base to 54%. What is interesting is that virtualization is growing as a datacenter strategy in itself rather than as part of other projects. This supports the view that virtualization is increasingly seen as a standard for a wide range of workloads.
VMware is the clear market leader in providing virtualization technology with 82% of the sample using VMware. Despite high levels of Linux use, only 3% of the sample were using Xen as their virtualization platform. Microsoft was used by 13% of the sample base with various Unix technologies and mainframe accounting for 14%.
59% of implementations have fewer than four VMs or partitions per physical box. The largest growth area for virtualization use over the past year, particularly in small and medium businesses, is improving disaster recovery, backup, and enhancing availability.
Availability of skills and application vendor licensing are the factors causing most problems for virtualization users. 23% of virtualization users report that their application vendors’ licensing is still not meeting their needs and 33% of large businesses report that it limits use of virtualization.
Despite seeing virtualization as a vital tool for their business, the majority of organizations do not measure benefits and use virtual infrastructure in the same way they do physical infrastructure.

The IDC study was first carried out in 2007 and has been repeated in Q1 2008 with a larger sample of organizations and a wider range of questions.

IDC: Australian Server Market Reaches $1 Billion, Mainly Thanks To Virtualization

April 28, 2008 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

The Australian server market reached $US1.001 billion during 2007 according to analyst firm IDC, reports iTWire. Although volume only grew by 2 %, that figure masks the huge increase in spending driven by strong growth in the high-end enterprise market.

That segment grew by an amazing 30.2 % due in part to the interest in virtualisation.

“Virtualisation helped boost server revenue numbers in 2007 with richer configurations of servers being deployed to drive space, utilisation and energy efficiency,” says Matthew Oostveen, research manager of Asia/Pacific enterprise servers and workstations research at IDC.

Spending growth in the midrange enterprise and volume segments also contributed to the overall 17 % growth.

“Virtualisation was also one of the key underpinnings for the 40 percent increase in x86 blade server shipments in 2007,” said Oostveen.

Differences in market segments resulted in IBM being the number one vendor in terms of revenue (followed by HP and Dell), but IDC’s analysis by volume puts HP at the top of the list followed by Dell. Sun came in at number three for revenue, but was the only leading vendor to achieve year-on-year revenue growth, according to IDC.

[Source: VMBlog]