IDC's Worldwide Converged Systems Taxonomy, 2022
This IDC study provides an overview of how IDC defines and measures the converged systems market. Technology definitions that directly relate to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker are provided as the descriptions of IDC's approach to segmenting this market."IT organizations are increasingly using converged and hyperconverged systems to improve agility, speed deployment of new applications, ease infrastructure management, and potentially reduce costs," said Carol Sliwa, research director, IDC's Infrastructure Systems, Platforms, and Technologies Group. "The benefits are helping drive interest in converged and hyperconverged systems and increase rates of adoption."
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- IDC's Worldwide Converged Systems Taxonomy
- Converged Systems Taxonomy Changes for 2022
- Taxonomy Overview
- Definitions
- Converged Systems
- Converged Systems Primary Segments
- Converged Systems Hardware and Software Segments
- Integrated Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Integrated Infrastructure Systems
- Certified Reference Systems
- Converged Infrastructure Stacks
- Criteria to Meet to Be Considered Integrated Systems or Certified Reference Systems
- Integrated Infrastructure Platforms
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure Systems
- Hyperconverged Software and COTS Platforms
- Composable Infrastructure (Systems and Platforms)
- Composable/Disaggregated Infrastructure Systems
- Composable Software and COTS Platforms
- Converged Systems Additional Attributes
- Deployment Location
- Self-Owned and/or Operated Facilities (Local)
- Service Provider Facilities (Hosted)
- Consumption Model (for Infrastructure)
- Capital Expenses
- Operational Expenses
- Deployment Model
- Traditional IT
- Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure
- Public Cloud Infrastructure
- Deployment Type
- Bespoke (Custom)
- Turnkey (Off the Shelf)
- Management/Control Planes
- Premises-Based Control Plane (Installed or as a Service)
- Cloud-Based Control Plane (as a Service)
- Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Control Planes
- Stack Provider (Infrastructure Software Stack)
- OEM Vendor (Self or Branded)
- Independent Software Vendor
- Public Cloud Service Provider
- Managed Service Provider (Self or Branded)
- Workload Support (and Optimization)
- General Purpose — Mixed
- General Purpose — Current Generation
- General Purpose — Cloud Native
- Special Purpose — Fixed
- Special Purpose — Extensible
- Management Type
- Self-Managed (Operated)
- OEM Vendor
- Independent Software Vendor
- Cloud Service Provider
- Managed Service Provider
- IDC Market Sizing Criteria
- Branded Market View
- System Vendor and Hyperconverged Software Vendor Revenue Attribution Differences
- Metrics Used to Measure the Integrated Infrastructure and Platform Market
- Exchange Rates
- Vendor Recognition
- Route to Market: Single Vendor Versus Partnerships
- Related Markets
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- Methodology
- Related Research
- Synopsis
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