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The purpose of this market landscape report is to expand upon the previous ESG Market Landscape Report, Virtual Computing Infrastructures, wherein ESG described the economic and operational drivers to virtual computing infrastructure (VCI) adoption; laid out the various means of procuring VCI—do-it-yourself (DIY) and integrated computing platforms (ICPs)—and delineated between ICP consumption models (reference architecture vs. pre-configured solutions); highlighted solution tradeoffs and use cases; provided best practices for planning and procuring VCI; and described the ICP vendor landscape. Having established market taxonomy and high-level strategy, ESG sought to update its inaugural VCI report, focusing exclusively on ICPs—specifically, what factors are continuing to drive adoption; how are vendors engineering ICPs and adding value beyond packaging and branding; and how are vendors bringing these solutions to market?
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Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Market Overview: Integrated Computing Platforms
Definitions and Clarifications
Market Dynamics
Investment and Budgeting Decisions
Infrastructure Integration and Management Consolidation
ICP Time to Value Proposition
Desired Outcome for ICP
ICP Market Situational Trends and Analysis
Market Landscape
Market Participants, Facts, and Figures
Microsoft Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track Program
Making an Educated Investment in Integrated Computing Platforms
Deployment Decisions by Use Case and Adopter Profile
In order to assess IT spending priorities over the next 12-18 months, ESG recently surveyed 540 IT professionals representing midmarket (100 to 999 employees) and enterprise-class (1,000 employees or more) organizations in North America and Western…