New Research

• IDC's Worldwide Multicloud Data Management and Protection Taxonomy, 2021

  Feb 2021 | Taxonomy | Doc # US47312021

  By: Phil GoodwinResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Greg MacateeResearch Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Paul MaguranisSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies

  This IDC study provides details of IDC's worldwide multicloud data management and protection taxonomy. The data protection market is highly dynamic, driven by new application workload deployments and cloud capabilities. The majority of IT o...

• Top IaaS Storage Buyer Expectations: Cloudlike Customer Experience, Flexible Consumption Models, and High Performance

  Feb 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US47482921

  By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Heather West, PhDSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC Survey Spotlight presents select findings from IDC's IT Infrastructure for Storage Survey. The survey was conducted in October 2020 and includes responses from over 600 IT and line-of-business (LOB) personnel responsible for making...

• IaaS Storage Buyers Prioritizing Workload Requirements, Storage Features Over Price as Purchase Criteria Mature

  Feb 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US47482821

  By: Andrew SmithResearch Manager, Cloud Infrastructure Services, Heather West, PhDSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC Survey Spotlight presents select findings from IDC's IT Infrastructure for Storage Survey. The survey was conducted in October 2020 and includes responses from over 600 IT and line-of-business (LOB) personnel responsible for making...

• Worldwide CO2 Emissions Savings from Cloud Computing Forecast, 2021–2024: A First-of-Its-Kind Projection

  Feb 2021 | Market Forecast | Doc # US47426420

  By: Cushing AndersonProgram Vice President, IT Education and Certification, John F. GantzSenior Vice President, Daniel O'Boyle KellyVice President, IDC Global Partnering Practice, Custom Solutions, Jennifer CookeResearch Director, Cloud to Edge Datacenter Trends, Sriram SubramanianResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Gard LittleVice President, Global Services Markets and Trends, Rob BrothersProgram Vice President, Datacenter and Support Services

  This IDC study presents IDC's first global forecast of CO2 emissions savings from cloud computing."IDC has been tracking the server market and quantifying compute power for nearly all of its 50+ years," says John Gantz, senior vice presiden...

• Enterprise Storage Provider Infinidat Readies the Company for the Next Phase of Revenue Growth with a New CEO

  Feb 2021 | Market Note | Doc # US47452721

  By: Eric BurgenerResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC Market Note discusses Infinidat's continued evolution along with an opinion on the company's future prospects under new leadership. In January 2021, enterprise storage vendor Infinidat announced Phil Bullinger as the new CEO. Infin...

• IDC's Worldwide Computing Platforms Taxonomy, 2021

  Feb 2021 | Taxonomy | Doc # US47390820

  By: Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Paul MaguranisSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Peter RuttenResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Kuba StolarskiResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Eric BurgenerResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Zsofia Madi-SzaboResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Dave McCarthyResearch Director, Edge Strategies, Max PepperSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Eric SheppardResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Heather West, PhDSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC study provides an overview of computing platforms market. In 2021, the taxonomy has been significantly overhauled to include non-rack and custom rack form factors (including accommodations for systems deployed in supercomputing). I...

• VMware Adds Object Storage to Block, File Services VCF 4.2, Cloud-Native Storage

  Feb 2021 | Market Note | Doc # US47445521

  By: Eric BurgenerResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Lucas MearianResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Eric SheppardResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC Market Note provides an overview of the recently launched VMware Cloud Foundation v4.2. VMware announced VMware Cloud Foundation 4.2, featuring updates to help customers further improve the storage, networking, management, and secu...

• IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Taxonomy, 2021

  Feb 2021 | Taxonomy | Doc # US47420421

  By: Eric BurgenerResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Lucas MearianResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Eric SheppardResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Natalya YezhkovaResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC study provides a comprehensive overview and definitions for IDC's enterprise storage systems research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies for the storage industry including classification by technology, ve...

• IDC's Worldwide Datacenter IT OEM and ODM Supplier Taxonomy, 2021

  Feb 2021 | Taxonomy | Doc # US47407720

  By: Leon KaoResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Eric SheppardResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Kuba StolarskiResearch Director, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Natalya YezhkovaResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Ashish NadkarniGroup Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC study provides a taxonomical overview of the datacenter IT OEM and ODM supplier market, including definitions used in the Computing Platforms and Storage ODM Direct QView. This taxonomy has been significantly overhauled to increase...

• Worldwide Enterprise Storage Systems Market Shares, 3Q20: ODM Direct System Sales Continue to Shine in Overall ESS Market

  Feb 2021 | Market Share | Doc # US47409521

  By: Zsofia Madi-SzaboResearch Manager, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group, Greg MacateeResearch Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Paul MaguranisSenior Research Analyst, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies, Eric SheppardResearch Vice President, Infrastructure Systems, Platforms and Technologies Group

  This IDC study provides a brief overview of the worldwide enterprise storage systems market performance during the third calendar quarter of 2020 (CY 3Q20)."The enterprise storage systems market remained on largely a stable growth trajector...