Synergy Research Group announces the publication of its Cloud Market Share
Report, which provides quarterly market shares, sizing, and forecasts for the
Public and Private Cloud equipment markets. The foundation of Synergy's
segmentation includes the networking, computing, and storage platforms deployed
for Private Cloud, Public Cloud (VPN), and Public Cloud (non-VPN).
Synergy's report shows the Cloud Equipment market for the first half of 2011
exceeded $17B in sales. The fastest growing segment includes Private Cloud
platforms, which is growing at over 30% annual growth. Synergy defines a Private
Cloud platform as a virtualized data center, which resides behind an
organization's firewall. Synergy believes this growth will continue as larger
Enterprises realize the economies of scale and other cost benefits associated
with the virtualization of their data centers.
Today, Public Cloud platforms represent the biggest share of Cloud Equipment
spending, representing 56% in the first half of 2011. Synergy believes Public
Cloud deployments could potentially experience exponential growth in the coming
years as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS gain wider usage by both consumers and businesses.
"Cloud unleashes the power of utility computing that has never been seen
before and it becomes a game changer when matched with advanced communications
and applications," said Jeremy Duke, Founder & Chief Analyst, Synergy
Research Group. "From small start ups being able to access massive scale
computing facilities to new cloud-based consumer services, cloud will continue
to open up a wealth of opportunities for innovation."
Across the different Cloud equipment segments market leadership varies. As an
example, Cisco continues to be the dominant Networking Infrastructure supplier
for cloud deployments with a market share approaching 50%. For Virtualized
Computing systems, HP and IBM represent over 50% market share combined. Further,
Dell, NetApp and HP comprise 50% of the Storage opportunity.
Synergy Research Group's Quarterly Reports provide complete, in-depth
coverage of the networking and telecom equipment markets with tables covering
manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, shipments, as well as regional
and country-level market shares for the following markets: Mobile Internet,
Enterprise Voice, Network Security, Data Center, UC-Applications, Service
Provider Routers, Carrier Ethernet, Video Conferencing, Collaboration, Managed
Services, IMS, Carrier VoIP, Enterprise Routers, WLAN, Ethernet Switching, IPTV,
Storage Area Networks (SAN), and Broadband Optical.
To purchase Synergy reports
contact Heather Gallo at 1.775.852.3330 x101, or email hgallo@srgresearch.com