Worldwide Server Infrastructure Workloads by Operating System Environment Forecast, 2023–2027: Linux Drives Growth Across Key Workload Areas
This IDC study provides an overview of the market size and forecast from 2022 to 2027 for the worldwide server infrastructure workloads by operating system environment market. It also provides a segmentation of this market view and forecast by workload categories and workloads."Operating system environments are the foundation supporting enterprise infrastructure workloads, critical for providing the stability and flexibility desired by organizations as IT ecosystems rapidly evolve with the adoption of hybrid cloud and edge environments," says Max Pepper, senior research analyst, IT Infrastructure, at IDC. "While we expect these changes will mainly benefit growth of Linux deployments, especially for emerging workloads, it's likely that all types of OSEs will continue to be critical for supporting any organization's workload goals."
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- IDC Market Forecast Figure
- Executive Summary
- Advice for Technology Suppliers
- Market Forecast
- Market Context
- Drivers and Inhibitors
- Drivers
- Continuous Growth of Public Cloud
- Edge Workload Development
- Growth of AI/ML Workloads
- Inhibitors
- Infrastructure Repurposing
- Deceleration in Server Shipments
- Significant Market Developments
- Changes from Prior Forecast
- Market Definition
- Operating System Environments
- Core (Server) Operating Systems
- Workload Categories
- Application Development and Testing
- Business Applications
- Data Management
- Digital Services
- Email/Collaborative and Content Applications
- Infrastructure
- Engineering/Technical
- Methodology
- Related Research
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