Data Center Research Service

The Data Center Research Service provides market analysis, market shares, and forecasts of the data center equipment market. The research service includes detailed quantitative and qualitative analysis of Storage Area Network (SAN) Switches, Routers, Ethernet Switches, Host Adapters, WAN Optimization, Application Networking, and Servers sold for data center deployments.

Content highlights

• Global data center infrastructure revenues, units shipped, and average selling price by market segment and by vendor, updated quarterly
• Equipment vendor revenues, unit shipments, and market shares by region (North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and EMEA)
• 5-year forecasts by market segment of data center infrastructure revenues, units shipped, and average selling price
• Quarterly market analysis reports analyzing trends in the data center infrastructure market

Market segments covered

• Data center networking infrastructure
  • Data center switching (layer 2)
  • Data center routing (layer 3)
  • Data center application delivery controllers
  • Data center security
  • Data center WAN optimization appliances

• Data center computing systems
  • Data center virtualization applications
  • Data center servers

• Data center storage systems
  • Data center storage arrays
  • Data center storage applications

Annual forecasts

Synergy’s Data Center Research Service provides segmented 5-year projections of data center equipment revenues, units shipped, and average price per unit. All forecasts are updated twice annually.

Quarterly revenues and market shares

Synergy’s Data Center Research Service delivers segmented quarterly global equipment vendor revenues, unit shipments, and market shares. Vendor metrics are presented globally and by region (North America, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and EMEA).

Market analysis reports

Subscribers to the Data Center Research Service receive two sets of analytical reports.

• Quarterly Market Share Analysis Reports analyze equipment vendors’ global market shares and the near-term factors influencing equipment vendors’ results. An associated geographic report provides data and analysis by region.

• Semi-annual Forecast Analysis Reports update Synergy’s data center infrastructure market forecasts, and detail the long-term factors that will shape the market in the coming years.

Data Center Server Revenues by Vendor, Q1 2009 – Q1 2011

Research deliverables

• 4 quarterly Worldwide Market Share Excel workbooks and Market Share Analysis Reports (PDF)
• 4 quarterly Regional Market Share Excel workbooks and Market Share Analysis Reports (PDF)
• 2 Worldwide Forecast Excel workbooks and Forecast Analysis Reports (PDF)
• Access to Synergy Interactive Analysis (SIA) online database for search, data manipulation, custom segmentation, and custom report creation

Companies covered

Companies covered include the following