1. Server Market Development in 1H 2009

1.1 Virtualization Technology Expected to Become Major IT Application

1.2 Energy-saving Data Center Becomes an Important Development Goal

1.3 Strategic R&D Alliance to Enhance Competitiveness of Server Products in the Market

2. Server Market Outlook in 2H 2009

2.1 Market Demand in Various Markets Deeply Influenced by Regional Economic Performance

2.2 Value-line x86 Servers and Emerging Markets to Provide Growth Momentum for Major Vendors

2.3 Major Vendors Feature Energy Saving and High Efficiency in Server Products       

2.4 Cloud Computing Accelerates Integration and Reshuffle of the Server Industry

3. Conclusion

Appendix

Recap of key developments in the worldwide server market in the first half of 2009, including issues and trends of virtualization technology, energy-saving data center, and strategic R&D alliance

Outlook for server market development in the second half of 2009, including economic performance of various regions, growth momentum constituted by value-line x86 servers and emerging markets, product features of energy saving and high efficiency, as well as industry integration brought forth by cloud computing

Worldwide server shipment forecast until 2013

Companies and organizations analyzed or mentioned in the report include: AMD, Cisco, Dawning, Dell, FSC (Fujitsu Siemens Computers), Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Intel, Lenovo, NEC, Oracle, Rackable Systems, SGI, Sun Microsystems, Supermicro, Texas Instruments, Unisys, Verari Systems, VIA Technologies

Figure 1  Worldwide Server Shipment Volume, 1H 2007 - 2H 2009

Figure 2  Worldwide Server Shipment Volume, 2007 - 2013

Table 1  Worldwide and Regional Economic Growth Rates, 2008 - 2010