We outline the need to know statistics that prove servers are still a valuable revenue stream for your business.

1. The changing landscape
of servers: Key statistics
you need to know
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Servers should remain a key component of your portfolio.
Find out why in this infographic.
In 2016, worldwide server
shipments increased 0.1%
0.1%
while overall revenue
declined 2.7%.
.
The server market is undergoing a
transition as it faces competition from
the increasing growth and popularity
of cloud computing solutions.
2.7%
Understandably, today’s partners
are concerned about their revenue
streams. But there is good news on
the horizon about servers.
9.0%
Average
System values
increased 9.0%
growing in all three classes: volume
servers, mid-range enterprise and
high-end enterprise servers.
This demand is driven by customers
increasing their storage and memory
capabilities for new workload
requirements like data analytics.
72%
Your customer’s
IT environment
keeps transforming
causing their demands to change.
60%
This growth requires some
businesses to carry out a
network refresh.
72% of CIOs cite
digital transformation
and business growth
for IT infrastructure
decisions.
Even better news for partners
as 60% of businesses
plan to increase
spending on servers
as a result of this
The market is more promising than ever for server sales.
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Channel partners report that organisations are looking to take
advantage of the latest server technology with a more rapid
adoption cycle than seen in the past. Ultimately – despite
increasing competition from the cloud – server sales particularly
within the SMB market, will remain a key component of your
portfolio for some time to come.
Conclusion
These include
concerns about security,
data location, latency or the
complexity of moving certain
workloads to the cloud.
Despite the growth of
cloud services
there are a number of significant reasons
why customers prefer to use servers.
As a result, a sizeable amount of
processing will remain on-premise
or in the data centre for the
foreseeable future.