IDC's Latin America Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker provides detailed, highly segmented tracking of the enterprise server market (US$25,000+). It examines how server vendors are positioning themselves to compete in this market. It provides insightful analysis by vendor, server class (midrange and high-end enterprise servers), price band, operating system, chip type, vertical and horizontal user segments, and distribution channel. Countries covered are Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Venezuela, and RoLA. It also provides rolling eight-quarter and five-year country forecasts are updated on a quarterly basis.

This product covers the following segments of the Latin America enterprise server market with average end-user shipment values of US$25,000 or more:

• Quarterly data with historical information from 1997
• Five-year annual forecast and forecast assumptions (eight quarter and five year up to US$25,000)
• Segment measurement - customer revenue, factory revenue, and units
• x86 servers with average end-user shipment values above US$25,000
• Nonx86 servers with average end-user shipment values above 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, etc.)
• Vendor families/models - By vendor, major family and models that 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 from $25,000 to $3 million+
• Form factor: Rack-optimized, nonrack-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:

• What is the competitive environment in the region's enterprise server market?
• Which vendors are driving the market, and what is their market share?
• What are the emerging market trends, and how are they expected to impact the current market?
• How are operating systems evolving?
• What are the vertical market trends?
• How much is the enterprise server market expected to grow over the next five years?

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

IDC's Latin America Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker examines how enterprise server vendors are positioning themselves to compete in the enterprise server market. This service reviews the market sizing, forecasts, and market positioning of vendors. Vendors tracked include Acer, Apple, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Itautec, Lanix, NCR, Olidata, Procomp, Sun Microsystems, and Unisys among others.

Throughout the year, this product will offer insight into the latest trends impacting the market.

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

Note: Data is for illustrative purposes only.

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.