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Cloud computing to drive server hardware spend till 2014 |
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An International Data Corporation (IDC) study has found that cloud computing presents a viable option for IT organizations seeking to reduce the complexity within their IT environments, either by means of converged systems that arrive pre-integrated and ready to use (for private clouds) or systems that are offsite entirely (public cloud).  Both scenarios drive new spending on server hardware. IDC forecasts that server hardware revenue for public cloud computing will grow from $582 million in 2009 to $718 million in 2014. Server revenue for the larger private cloud market will grow from $2.6 billion to $5.7 billion in the same time period. IDC research found that public cloud computing has lower ASVs than an average x86-based server and seems less likely to be broadly adopted than private cloud computing. Public clouds, IDC forecasts, will be less enterprise focused than private clouds, with the recent results of one of its surveys showing that almost half of respondents, around 44 percent, are considering private clouds. IDC's research analyst Katherine Brderick said that despite lingering apprehensions over issues such as integration, availability, security and costs, numerous IT decision makers are seriously considering cloud computing as a way to simplify their sprawling virtual and physical infrastructure. IDC defines cloud services to be business and consumer products, services, and solutions delivered and consumed in real-time over the Internet. Public cloud computing is characterized as being open to a largely unrestricted universe of potential users; designed for a market, rather than for a single enterprise. In contrast, private cloud computing is designed for, and access restricted to, a single enterprise (or extended enterprise); an internal shared resource, not a commercial offering; IT organization as "vendor" of a shared/standard service to its users. |
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