IDC's Middle East and Africa Quarterly Server Tracker service provides breadth and depth of coverage of essential server market information, making it invaluable for multinational, regional, and local companies to compare developments in the server market in the Middle East and Africa (MEA). The core of the service is a comprehensive database detailing market sizing and changes and trends in the server market, and it serves as a fundamental tool for tracking competitors in the server space. Using our Excel pivot tables, you will be able to instantly analyze server shipment details in multiple dimensions.

This service covers the following markets and segments:

• Egypt, Israel, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, UAE, Rest of Africa, Rest of Middle East,
• Optional add-ons for Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, and Bahrain
• Quarterly market breakdowns by vendor, family, and model
• Eight operating system platforms (oz/OS, i5/OS, Unix, Windows, Netware, Linux, OpenVMS, other)
• Five CPU types (RISC, CISC, EPIC, x86-32, x86-64)
• Three server classes (volume server, midrange enterprise server, high-end enterprise server)
• 11 server price bands ($0-$2,999, $3,000-$5,999, $6,000-$9,999, $10,000-$24,999, $25,000-$49,999, $50,000-$99,999, $100,000-$249,000, $250,000-$499,000, $500,000-$999,000, $1M-$2.99M, $3M+)
• ISS versus upgrade shipments
• x86 versus server
• Direct versus indirect sales
• Socket capability, core count
• Rack factor (rack-optimized, non-rack-optimized, blade)

Every quarter, this service will address key topics such as:

• Server market sizing in unit shipments, vendor revenue, and customer spending
• Vendor market shares
• Operating system trend data
• CPU type evolution and market share
• Blade adoption

This service addresses the following issues that are critical to your success:

1. What impact has the adoption of EPIC and x86-64 had on the server market?
2. What is the market share impact of large-scale vendor consolidation in the Middle East?
3. Which price bands are Windows, Unix, and Linux growing in?
4. How does the growth rate of x86-based servers compare to that of RISC-based machines?
5. Which form factors provide the largest growth potential: blades, rack-optimized, or non-rack-optimized servers?
6. How seasonal are shipments in each country?

IDC's Middle East and Africa Quarterly Server Tracker service is an essential tool for tracking competitors in the server space. This tool is updated quarterly, providing you with the latest information for ongoing business planning activities. Built on the foundation of IDC's worldwide network of experienced market analysts, this research uses top-down and bottom-up methodologies to match close operational local market knowledge against global company financial modeling. Vendors tracked include:

IBM, HP, Fujitsu Siemens, Sun Microsystems, Dell, NEC, SGI, Group Bull, Acer, Apple, and vendors active in local markets.

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

The Middle East and Africa quarterly server data file is delivered eight weeks after the end of each calendar quarter.

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