IDC's Latin America Quarterly Volume Server Tracker provides detailed, highly segmented tracking of the low-end (<US$25,000) server market by vendor, price band, operating system, chip type, processor family, vertical and horizontal user segments, and distribution channel. Countries covered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and the rest of Latin America (RLA). Rolling eight-quarter and five-year country forecasts are updated on a quarterly basis.

This product covers the following segments of the Latin America volume server market:

• Quarterly data with historical information from 1997
• Five-year annual forecast and forecast assumptions (eight quarters and five years up to US$25,000)
• Segment measurement - customer revenue, factory revenue, units
• x86 servers with average end-user shipment values below US$25,000
• Non-x86 servers with average end-user shipment values below US$25,000

Throughout the year, this product will address the following topics:

• Shipment type: Servers are reported as initial server shipment (ISS) or upgrade (UPG)
• Chip types (x86-32, x86-64, EPIC, RISC, CISC)
• Processor Brand (i.e., Xeon, Pentium, Opteron, SPARC)
• Vendor Families/Models - For each vendor, major family and models subdivide the information. The model list is updated quarterly.
• Operating system platform breakdowns (NetWare, Windows, Unix, Linux, OpenVMS, i5/OS, z/OS, other O/S)
• Price band ($0-$2,999, $3,000-$5,999, $6,000-$9,999, $10,000-$24,999)
• Form factor: rack optimized, non-rack optimized, and blade.
• Socket capability: 1+, 2+, 4+, 8+, 16+, 32+, and 64+
• Horizontal and vertical end-user market segmentations
• Volume server sales by distribution channel
• Vendor shipment, customer revenue, and factory revenue market share

Our research addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What is the competitive environment in the region's volume server market?
2. Which vendors are driving the market, and what is their market share?
3. What are the emerging market trends, and how are they expected to impact the current market?
4. How are operating systems evolving?
5. What are the vertical market trends?
6. How much is the volume server market expected to grow over the next five years?
7. Which end-user segments offer the most opportunity for growth?

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

IDC's Latin America Quarterly Volume Server Tracker examines how server vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the volume server market. This product reviews the market sizing, forecasts, and market positioning of more than 20 international and local brand vendors, including Acer, Apple, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Itautec, Lanix, NCR, Olidata, Procomp, Sun Microsystems, and Unisys among others.

Subscribers to this product receive semiannual delivery and IDC support, including:

• Excel analysis tool
• Interactive briefing
• Week 7: Historical analysis published
• Week 9: Forecast and forecast analysis published

As a privately held company, IDC believes that our customers are our primary constituency. A large percentage of every revenue dollar is reinvested back into our products, including more analysts, more geographic coverage, and extensive primary research.