This IDC study provides an overview of how IDC defines and measures the converged systems market. Technology definitions that directly relate to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker are provided as the descriptions of IDC's approach to segmenting this market. "IT departments around the world are increasingly turning to converged systems to improve utilization rates of their infrastructure, reduce time to deployment of new applications, ease infrastructure management burdens, and reduce the risk of downtime," said Lidice Fernandez, group vice president, Worldwide Enterprise Infrastructure Trackers.
IDC's Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker Taxonomy
Converged Systems Tracker Taxonomy Changes for 2025
Taxonomy Overview
Definitions
Converged Systems
Certified Reference Systems
Integrated Platforms
Integrated Infrastructure
Criteria to Meet to Be Considered Integrated Systems or Certified Reference Systems
Hyperconverged Systems
Maturing Market Drives Diversity of HCI Architectures
Background: Getting to Disaggregated Hyperconverged Systems
Route to Market: Single Vendor Versus Partnerships
Software Included Within Converged Systems Market Sizing
IDC Market Definitions
Branded Market View
System Vendor and Hyperconverged Software Vendor Revenue Attribution Differences
Metrics Used to Measure the Integrated Infrastructure and Platform Market
Exchange Rates
Vendor Recognition
Enterprise Storage System, Server, Networking, and Software Taxonomies
Enterprise Storage System Definitions
Important Enterprise Storage System Metrics
Enterprise Server Definitions
Enterprise Network Infrastructure Definitions
Ethernet Switches
Fibre Channel Switches
InfiniBand Switches
Software Definitions
Applications Market Definition
Application Development and Deployment Software Market Definition