Worldwide Virtual Machine Software Forecast, 2024–2028
This IDC study provides a top-down sizing of the virtual machine software (VMS) market in 2023 and a 2024–2028 forecast for this market. Historical and forecast revenue data is shown for the total worldwide market. Virtual machine software is a submarket of the software-defined compute (SDC) software functional market. Virtual machine software includes hypervisor revenue derived from traditional noncloud server virtualization deployments and does not include hypervisor revenue that is bundled with cloud system software for cloud deployments.According to Gary Chen, research director, IDC's Software-Defined Compute, "Hypervisors are the foundation underlying modern datacenters and public clouds and under most containers. However, as a commercial market, virtualization is slowly transforming into a technology used to support cloud and container systems rather than a standalone solution."
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Executive Summary
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Market Context
Drivers and Inhibitors
Drivers
Virtualization Is a Standard Server Technology
Inhibitors
Evolution from Virtual Machine Software to Cloud System Software and Public Cloud
High Virtualization Rates in Mature Markets
Significant Market Developments
Changes from Prior Forecast
Market Definition
Methodology
Historical and Forecast Market Values and Exchange Rates
Related Research
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