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Blade Top Level Selected Products: Directory & Buyer's Guide
Wintergreen Research, Inc, Jan 2004, Pages: 185
Margins are slimmer on blade systems compared to mid-range systems. Manufacturers are attempting to gain market share and sell volume. The anticipation of making profits from supplemental service, such as warranties, consulting, and systems integration is a market factor. Blade servers consolidate and simplify the reduction of tangled cables. The spaghetti mess is literally 200 cables coming out of a 2-meter rack. It is very easy to disconnect the wrong one. Hewlett Packard leads worldwide blade server market shares with 56% in 2002 in a $158 million market. IBM is number two in the blade sever market with 22% market share participation.
Growth drivers are Linux clusters and blades. Server consolidation is driving UNIX low- end substitution. The small and medium business market represents over 50% of the Intel- based market. In 2002, IBM gained 12 points in 4- way Intel servers, and 17 pts in 8- way Intel servers. IT spending on blade servers at $158 million in 2002 is expected to grow to $11.8 billion in 2008. There was an increase from $25 million to $269 million in the worldwide low end blade market for the years 2002-2008.
Key Topics in this report:
Blade Server Definition,
Blades Bring Shift In Server Design,
Modular Integration Platform,
Wireless Handset Market Positioning Factors
Robust Management Tools,
Communications Service Providers As Target Market,
Impact Of Downturn In The Economy,
Software On The Edge Of The Blades
-Companies Profiled
2C Computing
Accton Technology
Agilent Technologies
AMD
Amphus
Brocade
Dell
Diversified Technology
Ensim
F5 Networks
Hewlett Packard (HP)
IBM
InfiniCon Systems
Intel
Motorola Computer Group
OmniCluster
RLX Technologies
Solectron / Force Computers
Sun Microsystems
TeraForce
Tatung Science and Technology Inc.
Themis Computer
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