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 (220)
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March 19, 2019
Year-over-year data center server equipment revenue rose 27 percent in 2018Subscribers Only
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March 18, 2019
A plethora of product demonstrations and announcements were made at OFC 2019 in San Diego. The announcements centered on 400GbE for datacom transceivers for data center switches, service provider routers, and client-side interfaces for optical transport equipment, as well as 400G ZR for DCI and ZR+ metro-regional applications. Significant progress was demonstrated in terms of performance, size, and power dissipation, enabling solutions utilizing popular form factors including OSFP and QSFP-DD. Vendors have begun commercial release of 400GbE datacom products, and several vendors are planning to start customer sampling of 400G ZR transceivers in 4Q19. Clients, please log in to view the full content.Subscribers Only
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March 14, 2019
Deployed data center capacity grew 4.6 percent globally in all regions in the first half of 2018, compared to the second half of 2017.Subscribers Only
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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.
Global in-depth coverage of data center storage equipment and stand-alone software used by enterprises and cloud/telecom 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
and more.
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March 20, 2019
This is the third edition of the IHS Markit report on the data center power distribution hardware market. IHS Markit has been publishing market statistics on the data center infrastructure market for over a decade.Subscribers Only
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March 14, 2019
This is a complete report of the industrial UPS hardware market data, forecasts, and vendor shares. It uses 2017 as a base year with historical data for 2016 and forecasts to 2022.Subscribers Only
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February 06, 2019
The Cloud IT Infrastructure Vendor Scorecard profiles, analyzes and ranks the leading providers of off-premises cloud IT infrastructure services worldwide. This scorecard evaluates providers on criteria using actual data and metrics, such as direct feedback from operators, provider market share, share momentum, financials, brand recognition, reputation for innovation, and other benchmarks.Subscribers Only
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March 20, 2019
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 SAN equipment and converged DC network markets.Subscribers Only
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March 18, 2019
The Ethernet Network Adapter Equipment Market Tracker provides accurate data and analyses —including market size, vendor market share, forecasts, and market trends— into the market for data center class Ethernet network interface cards (NICs) used to connect servers and storage devices to Ethernet networks.Subscribers Only
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March 05, 2019
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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March 05, 2019
Quarterly scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the data center network market.Subscribers Only
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March 05, 2019
Quarterly scheduled briefings with the analysts on research highlights from all aspects of the optical networks market.Subscribers Only
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February 12, 2019
Business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO) today released top-line results from its latest “Cloud IT Infrastructure Service Provider Scorecard,” which is based on in-depth analysis of seven leading off-premises cloud IT service providers: Amazon (AWS), Google, IBM, Microsoft (Azure), Alibaba, Salesforce and CenturyLink.
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October 23, 2018
A significant driver for innovation in the optical market, data center interconnect (DCI) is the fastest-growing application for optical networking equipment, according to a new study from business information provider IHS Markit (Nasdaq: INFO). Eighty-six percent of service providers polled for the Optical Network Applications Survey have plans to support DCI applications in their networks.
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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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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.
