Gartner Says Worldwide Integrated Systems Revenue to Grow 18.4 Percent in 2018, as Organisations Replace Infrastructure to Increase Agility
Announcement posted by Gartner 15 Mar 2018
Analysts to Present Latest Research on Integrated Systems at Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations Management & Data Centre Summit in Sydney, April 30-May 1
SYDNEY, Australia, March 15, 2018 — Worldwide integrated systems revenue is forecast to total $12.3 billion in 2018, an increase of 18.4 percent from $10.2 billion in 2017, according to Gartner, Inc. The hyperconverged integrated systems (HCIS) segment will experience the strongest growth (55 percent); whereas integrated stack systems will experience a five percent decline (see Table 1.)
Integrated systems are combinations of server, storage and network infrastructure, sold with management software that facilitates the provisioning and management of the combined unit. It can be used to derive the benefit of an architected design and deployment of integrated compute, storage and memory infrastructure to support digital business.
"The majority of integrated systems replace existing infrastructure, which is great for cost, agility and consolidation of IT and efficiency metrics," said Naveen Mishra, research director at Gartner. "When implementing this as part of a digital business initiative, however, IT organisations must look at how the potential savings of capital expenditure (capex), may be offset by potential shifts in operating expenditure (opex)."
Table 1: Integrated System Revenue by Segment, Worldwide, 2017-2019 (Millions of USD)
Source: Gartner (March 2018)
Julia Palmer, research director at Gartner, said IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must begin to shift thinking when evaluating integrated systems.
"The need to accommodate new workloads, integrate edge and public cloud infrastructure and reduce operational complexity is driving I&O leaders to look for more agile integrated systems," said Ms. Palmer. "Next-generation systems emerging today are flexible, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, software-driven solutions that meet the requirements of digital business."
Trends impacting the integrated services market include:
Gartner clients can read more in the report "Forecast Analysis: Integrated Systems, Worldwide, 4Q17 Update."
Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Summits
Gartner analysts will provide additional analysis on data centre and IT operations trends at the Gartner global IT Infrastructure & Operations events April 3-4 in Sao Paulo, April 25-27 in Tokyo, April 30-May 1 in Sydney, May 8-9 in Mumbai, May 15-17 in Orlando, June 5-6 in Frankfurt, and June 26-27 in Mexico City. Follow news and updates from these events on Twitter using #GartnerIO.
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Integrated systems are combinations of server, storage and network infrastructure, sold with management software that facilitates the provisioning and management of the combined unit. It can be used to derive the benefit of an architected design and deployment of integrated compute, storage and memory infrastructure to support digital business.
"The majority of integrated systems replace existing infrastructure, which is great for cost, agility and consolidation of IT and efficiency metrics," said Naveen Mishra, research director at Gartner. "When implementing this as part of a digital business initiative, however, IT organisations must look at how the potential savings of capital expenditure (capex), may be offset by potential shifts in operating expenditure (opex)."
Table 1: Integrated System Revenue by Segment, Worldwide, 2017-2019 (Millions of USD)
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
Hyperconverged Integrated Systems | 2,823.70 | 4,376.80 | 6,346.30 |
Reference Architecture | 3,125.60 | 3,406.90 | 3,611.30 |
Integrated Infrastructure Systems | 2,489.20 | 2,613.60 | 2,718.20 |
Integrated Stack Systems | 1,723.20 | 1,637.00 | 1,555.20 |
Total Integrated Systems | 10,161.70 | 12,034.40 | 14,231.00 |
Julia Palmer, research director at Gartner, said IT infrastructure and operations (I&O) leaders must begin to shift thinking when evaluating integrated systems.
"The need to accommodate new workloads, integrate edge and public cloud infrastructure and reduce operational complexity is driving I&O leaders to look for more agile integrated systems," said Ms. Palmer. "Next-generation systems emerging today are flexible, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled, software-driven solutions that meet the requirements of digital business."
Trends impacting the integrated services market include:
- Shifting forces trigger decline in integrated infrastructure systems
- HCIS appliance maintains strong growth
- Reference architecture: a dynamically expanding segment
- Integrated stack systems will continue to shrink
Gartner clients can read more in the report "Forecast Analysis: Integrated Systems, Worldwide, 4Q17 Update."
Gartner IT Infrastructure & Operations Summits
Gartner analysts will provide additional analysis on data centre and IT operations trends at the Gartner global IT Infrastructure & Operations events April 3-4 in Sao Paulo, April 25-27 in Tokyo, April 30-May 1 in Sydney, May 8-9 in Mumbai, May 15-17 in Orlando, June 5-6 in Frankfurt, and June 26-27 in Mexico City. Follow news and updates from these events on Twitter using #GartnerIO.
About Gartner
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT), is the world's leading research and advisory company and a member of the S&P 500. We equip business leaders with indispensable insights, advice and tools to achieve their mission-critical priorities and build the successful organisations of tomorrow.
Our unmatched combination of expert-led, practitioner-sourced and data-driven research steers clients toward the right decisions on the issues that matter most. We're trusted as an objective resource and critical partner by more than 12,000 organisations in more than 100 countries — across all major functions, in every industry and enterprise size.
To learn more about how we help decision makers fuel the future of business, visit www.gartner.com.