Abstract
This IDC study (which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J7110105)
analyzes the market opportunities for Windows-/Linux-based IA-64 servers in the
Japan market. It examines the current situation of the Windows-/Linux-based
IA-64 server market in Japan along with a comparison with the world markets.
Based on these analyses, we look into the potential market opportunities for
Windows-/Linux-based IA-64 servers in the Japan server market. Then we present
IDC' s suggestions on necessary measures to be taken in order to increase the
market sizes. This study also presents the best-case forecast of the
Windows-/Linux-based IA-64 server markets based on separate conditions to IDC' s
latest forecast, provided in its yearly information service Japan Quarterly
Server Forecast.
"Vigorous efforts by market players are indispensable in order to expand the
market opportunities for Windows-/Linux-based IA-64 servers and to lead them to
actual profits. As the market interest is directed towards x86-64 servers,
vendors will have to improve operation management tools and support services to
increase the advantage of IA-64 servers as a total solution in order to
overcome such difficulty and to expand the Windows-/Linux-based IA-64 server
market. Strengthening the collaboration between virtualization software and
operation management software is also effective, and that vendors should give
priority to development of powerful applications for Windows-/Linux-based IA-64
servers," observes Satoshi Fukutomi, research manager, Server, IDC Japan.
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