Der weltweite Markt für Server-Virtualisierung erreicht seinen Spitzenstand

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Das Wachstum entstand in erster Linie durch Instandhaltungen und weniger durch neue Lizenzen.

Der weltweite x86 Markt für Server-Virtualisierung wird 2016 ein Umsatzvolumen von 5,6 Milliarden Dollar erreichen – das entspricht laut dem IT-Research und Beratungsunternehmen Gartner einem Wachstum von 5,7 Prozent seit 2015. Obwohl der Markt insgesamt wuchs, war die Anzahl neuer Softwarelizenzen, erstmals seit dem Entstehen des Marktes, insgesamt rückläufig. Das Wachstum resultiert aus einer deutlichen Erhöhung des Wartungsumsatzes, was deutlich darauf hinweist, dass sich dieses Segment des Softwaremarkts schnell entwickelt.

»Der Markt entwickelte sich über die letzten Jahre sehr schnell, da viele Organisationen Server-Virtualisierungs-Zahlen besitzen, die die 75 Prozent-Marke überschreiten – und das spiegelt die hohe Marktdurchdringung wider,« sagt Michael Warrilow, Research Director bei Gartner.


 

Gartner Says Worldwide Server Virtualisation Market Is Reaching Its Peak

Growth Is Being Driven by Maintenance, Rather Than New Licences

SYDNEY, Australia, May 12, 2016 — The worldwide x86 server virtualisation market is expected to reach $5.6 billion in 2016, an increase of 5.7 per cent from 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Despite the overall market increase, new software licences have declined for the first time since this market became mainstream more than a decade ago. Growth is now being driven by maintenance revenue, which indicates a rapidly maturing software market segment.

 

»The market has matured rapidly over the last few years, with many organisations having server virtualization rates that exceed 75 per cent, illustrating the high level of penetration,« said Michael Warrilow, research director at Gartner.

 

The market remains dominated by VMware, however, Microsoft has worked its way in as a mainstream contender for enterprise use. There are also several niche players including Citrix, Oracle and Red Hat, in addition to an explosion of vendors in the domestic China market.

 

While server virtualisation remains the most common infrastructure platform for x86 server OS workloads in on-premises data centres, Gartner analysts said that the impact of new computing styles and approaches will be increasingly significant for this market. This includes OS container-based virtualisation and cloud computing.

 

The trends are varying by organisation size more than ever before. »Usage of server virtualisation among organisations with larger IT budgets remained stable during 2014 and 2015,” said Mr Warrilow. »It continues to be an important and heavily used technology for these businesses, but this market segment is approaching saturation. In contrast, organisations with smaller IT budgets expect a further decline in usage through to at least 2017. This is causing an overall decline in new spending for on-premises server virtualisation.”

 

Organisations are increasing their usage of »physicalisation,« choosing to run servers without virtualisation software. More than 20 per cent of these organisations expect to have less than one-third of their x86 server OSs virtualised by 2017 — twice the amount reported for 2015. However, the underlying rationales remain varied.

 

The rise of software-defined infrastructure and hyperconverged integrated systems are providing new options. It has put pressure on best-of-breed virtualisation vendors to add more out-of-the-box functionality and provide a better experience and faster time-to-value.

 

»What was considered as the best approach to greater infrastructure agility only a few years ago, is becoming challenged by an array of newer infrastructure choices,« said Mr Warrilow.

 

More detailed analysis is available for Gartner clients in the report «Market Trends: x86 Server Virtualization, Worldwide, 2016.«

 

Gartner analysts will discuss integrated systems at the Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit 2016, June 14-15 in Berlin, Germany. Follow news and updates from these events on Twitter using #GartnerIOM.