According to IDC, global converged systems revenues are up by 19.6% Y-o-Y in Q1 2018 to $3.2 billion, as organisations set to reduce the complexity of datacentre infrastructure, allowing IT to focus on "high-value business projects."
The analyst splits the converged systems market in 3 segments-- certified reference systems & integrated infrastructure, integrated platforms, and hyperconverged systems. The certified reference systems & integrated infrastructure segment is worth $1.3bn in Q1 2018, a -0.9% Y-o-Y decline and 41.7% of total converged systems revenue. Dell is the biggest supplier in the segment, with $641.3 million in sales and 48% share, followed by Cisco/NetApp ($462m sales, 34.6% share) and HPE ($105.3m sales, 7.9% share).
Hyperconverged systems revenues are up by 76.3% Y-o-Y in Q1 2018, reaching $1.2bn and 38.3% of the total converged systems market. IDC goes through the hyperconverged systems segment in 2 ways, by the brand of the solution or the owner of the software providing core hyperconverged capabilities. On the branded view, Dell is the largest hyperconverged systems supplier with $363m in revenue and 29.6% share. Nutanix is 2nd largest with $273m in revenue and 22.2% share, followed by a statistical tie of HPE and Cisco, with $61m and $59.9m in revenue, or 5% and 4.9% in market share, respectively.
From the software view of the market, systems running on VMware software represent $456.3m in Q1 2018 vendor revenue, or 37.2% of the market. Systems running on Nutanix software represent revenues worth $398.7m, or 32.5% of the market. Both amounts represent all software and hardware, regardless of final branding.
Integrated platform sales growth totals 0.9% Y-o-Y in Q1 2018, generating $641.2m in sales. The the amount represents 20% of total converged systems value. Oracle is top integrated platforms supplier, with 55.6% share and revenues worth $356.8m.
