TMCnet.com – TheInfoPro: Hardware Server Sales Slump in 2009
More than 50 percent of new servers being installed in 2009 will host virtualization, and future progressive growth indicates 80 percent by 2012, according to data released by TheInfoPro from its pending Server Study.
The research group noted in its report that it had conducted interviews with 195 IT pros wherein initial spending data indicates that 22 percent expect increases this year in server spending, but an additional 34 percent of the group indicates they’ll experience decreases. The IT pros range from Fortune 1000 (F1000) organizations to midsize enterprises (MSEs) in North America and Europe, and the interviews were completed between June and August 2009.
TheInfoPro Server Study, with the final report set to be released in October, also captures data about the rise of desktop virtualization, offers highlights on spending in each area of server management by vendor, and gives a look at VMware’s benefits and challenges in the current IT marketplace.
In software, despite the revenue-dampening effect of enterprise licensing, Microsoft remained steady in its category, with 22 percent of respondents indicating they would spend more throughout the remainder of 2009. VMware and Red Hat remain strong in their respective categories, with 41 percent and 30 percent spending more in 2009, respectively.
“While virtualization does show continued growth in 2009, the depth of this penetration will really depend upon the ability to manage and deploy applications in these complex environments,” said Bob Gill, TheInfoPro’s Managing Director of Server Research. “The 2010 outlook and beyond are good indicators that even as IT budgets continue to rise, hardware spending will be looked at differently given the options of virtualization and consolidation.” TheInfoPro’s biannual server study, based on interviews with IT pros at F1000 and MSE organizations, outlines where IT server departments within these organizations stand in terms of budgets, technology roadmaps, and technology provider choices and ratings. Current results are based on 195 hour-long interviews with IT professionals at Fortune 1000 and midsize organizations from June through August 2009. This data comes from the second of a series of Real-time Updates. The final, in-depth reports of the Server Study will be based on approximately 300 interviews and will be published in fall 2009.
Report Information: http://www.theinfopro.com.
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