Worldwide Server Market Shares, 2018: A Perfect Storm for Growth
This IDC study discusses how the worldwide server market performed in 2018 overall and by vendor. It will help suppliers figure out what worked and what didn't work over the past year by correlating vendors' strategies with their market results. "The server market experienced a second consecutive record growth year in 2018," said Kuba Stolarski, research director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies at IDC. "While growth breeds confidence, macroeconomic, and market headwinds in the coming year to two years suggest now is a good time to review go-to-market strategy, reconcile product portfolios, and focus on execution."
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- IDC Market Share Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Market Share
- Who Shaped the Year
- Top Server Vendors
- Dell
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise–New H3C Group
- IBM
- Lenovo
- Inspur
- Market Context
- Significant Market Developments
- Methodology
- Market Definition
- Server
- CPU Type
- Form Factor (Called Product in Server Tracker)
- Rack Optimized
- Tower
- Large System
- Modular
- Blade
- Multinode (Formerly Density Optimized)
- Custom Servers
- Related Research
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