Computing deployment to keep server market robust

According to a recent study by New York-based Access Markets International (AMI) Partners, the increase in the number of units shipped in the SME segment will be driven by the expansion of new distributed computing workload deployments.

Around 65 per cent of the total shipment will be driven by the SME sector this year, the report pointed out.

The number of server units shipped in the Indian SME market is set to grow by 15 per cent. Over 35 per cent of personal computer-owning Indian SMEs are planning to purchase servers for the first time this year.

Apart from traditional vertical markets like banking and financial services, telecom and manufacturing, businesses in the construction, media and entertainment verticals will have a significant impact on server market growth.

According to AMI, blade servers are making inroads into the traditional rack and tower servers.

The new generation servers that consume less power and occupy less space, are gradually gaining increased acceptance among the Indian SME marketplace.

The x86 and x86-64 servers are emerging as the ideal server platforms for Indian SMEs running enterprise applications, the report said.

The trend of server virtualisation is also catching up among the Indian SMEs and the impact of virtualisation is more on x86 servers, AMI added.