Enterprises around the world are increasingly looking to provision their compute power, storage and data by using on-demand services from cloud service providers. This shift, together with the demand to store media and other data, accounts for huge growth in the market for cloud services as well as data center equipment and services.
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Analyst Insights View All (200)
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October 18, 2018
Servers shipped with specialized co-processors for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will make up over 10 percent of global server shipments by 2022, according to the Data Center Server Equipment Market Tracker from IHS Markit.
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October 16, 2018
Broadband services are the revenue growth engine for cable operators worldwide. In a highly competitive environment where subscriber retention and growth is absolutely critical, cable operators must continue to invest in their access infrastructure to increase speeds and improve the efficiency of their services. Moving forward, DOCSIS 3.1 and Full Duplex DOCSIS 3.1 (FDX) provide an evolution path to deliver 1G and higher services to the home by leveraging existing coax access infrastructure. The introduction of virtualization in the cable headend, fiber deep initiatives, and distributed access architectures (DAA) are all tools for cable operators to improve the capabilities and economics of delivering these new broadband services.Subscribers Only
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October 16, 2018
Much has been written about energy efficiency in data centers, but there has been a noticeable lack of quantifiable research on the topic. For this reason, the OCP commissioned IHS Markit to study which efficiency measures companies have already implemented and what they are looking to do in the future.
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Global, in-depth look into off-premises cloud services, cloud service providers and enterprises that use the cloud for IT infrastructure and applications. Covers Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Cloud as a Service (CaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS).
Comprehensive coverage of data center compute equipment used by enterprises and cloud and telecom providers. Coverage includes data center servers and ethernet network adapters by form factor and market segment, as well as
market shares for key vendors.
Extensive examination of data center network equipment used by enterprises as well as by cloud and telecom service providers. Includes data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers, wide area network (WAN) optimization, Ethernet switches sold in data center bundles, storage area network (SAN) equipment and converged data center network equipment.
Detailed intelligence on the markets for rack power distribution units and for IT racks and enclosures. Examines product types, geographies, vertical markets and other key segments. Also includes topical reports on issues relevant to the data center infrastructure industry.
Focused research on the wholesale and retail markets for data centers. Tackles leasing space, power, cooling and connectivity issues from multi-tenant data center providers. Includes a new analysis on the data center locations of the
top 145 cloud and colocation service providers.
Critical insights into the market for optical equipment and components used by service providers, data centers and enterprises for metro as well as core
network transport. Includes optical network hardware, optical transport network (OTN) and packet-optical hardware, data center optics, telecom optics and components, 100G+ coherent optical equipment ports
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Detailed analysis of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN) deployed in service provider, data center and enterprise networks. Includes data center as well as enterprise SDN hardware and software, carrier SDN hardware, software and services, and NFV hardware.
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October 15, 2018
The Optical Network Applications Service Provider Survey analyzes the trends and assesses the needs of service providers using emerging optical networking architectures.Subscribers Only
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October 03, 2018
This topical report provides insight into the market for modular UPS. It includes written analysis of trends, drivers and inhibitors impacting modular UPS adoption. It further quantifies the market for modular UPS by power rating and major region, also providing regional market share.Subscribers Only
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October 03, 2018
The Open Compute Project (OCP) commissioned IHS Markit to analyze the current and future state of data center energy efficiency in the European market, if and how Open Compute Project equipment plays a role.Subscribers Only
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October 17, 2018
The Cloud Services for IT Infrastructure & Applications Market Tracker provides accurate data and analysis—including market share, size, forecasts, and market trends—to help clients make better business decisions in the cloud services market.Subscribers Only
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September 26, 2018
IHS Markit is a leading provider of qualitative and quantitative analysis of the IT rack and enclosure market. This tracker analyzes the industry by type of product, dimension, color, geographic region, application, vertical market, and distribution channel.Subscribers Only
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September 20, 2018
This market tracker provides accurate data and analyses—including market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and market trends—to help clients make better business decisions in the OTN and packet-optical hardware market.Subscribers Only
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October 05, 2018
Quarterly scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the optical networks market.Subscribers Only
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September 25, 2018
Quarterly live conference call and presentation hosted by the lead analyst for all subscribers to provide highlights from all products in this Intelligence Service, including forecasts, surveys, scorecards and insights.Subscribers Only
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September 17, 2018
Quarterly scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the data center network market.Subscribers Only
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July 27, 2017
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released findings from its WLAN Strategies North American enterprise survey, which takes an in-depth look at the access networks of medium-to-large companies and their plans for delivering wireless connectivity in the workplace to new types of devices.
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August 01, 2016
IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO), a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions, today released excerpts from its new Cloud IT Infrastructure Service Provider Scorecard, which profiles and analyzes the top seven revenue producers for cloud IT infrastructure services: Amazon (AWS), CenturyLink, Equinix, Google, IBM, Microsoft (Azure) and Rackspace.
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May 19, 2016
The global data center and enterprise software‑defined networking (SDN) market—including in-use for SDN Ethernet switches, SDN controllers, software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) appliances and control and management—rose 82 percent in 2015 from the prior year, reaching $1.4 billion, according to IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of critical information and insight.
Analysts View All (12)
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Executive Director, Enterprise & IT
Mr. Bill Morelli is the executive responsible for the Enterprise & IT research practice within the technology group at IHS Markit. He leads the team of analysts covering Transformative Technologies, including AI, cloud & virtualization, and IoT among others. -
Senior Research Director – Cloud & Virtualization, IHS Markit
Dr. Cliff Grossner is a senior research director responsible for data center compute and networking, cloud services and SDN research at IHS Markit. He has more than 25 years of telecommunications industry experience encompassing scientific research, market analysis, corporate and product strategy, product management and marketing. -
Associate Director, Data Centers, Cloud & IT Infrastructure
Liz is an associate director in the IHS Markit Cloud and Data Center Research Practice and manages syndicated and custom market research reports covering UPS hardware and service, rack power distribution units, IT racks and enclosures, containerized and modular data centers and colocation services.
