Abstract
This IDC study examines the EMEA and Western European blade server market,
providing historical shipment and revenue figures for 2007 and forecast for
2008-2012. Even though IT spending in Europe has experienced a slowdown, IDC
expects blade servers to continue their rise, acting as a pull for the rest of
the market. Server blades grew by 37.2% in 2007 to represent 11.8% of all
server units shipped in EMEA and 12.3% in Western Europe. IDC foresees that
this trend will continue over the next few years, though at a slower pace. The
predicted compound annual growth rate in units is predicted to be 31.0% through
2012 in EMEA, 35.1% in Central Eastern Europe, and 31.2% in Western Europe. In
2012 server blade shipments will exceed 1 million units in EMEA, generating
annual revenue of over $4.5 billion.
"In a European server market environment affected by price erosion and showing
signs of a slowdown, blade servers have a good revenue potential, with
high-double-digit CAGRs in revenue for the next few years. This is why shares
in this segment will be fought over with some intensity in the coming months,"
said Giorgio Nebuloni, research analyst with IDC European Systems and
Infrastructure Solutions.
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