Micro Servers Market is expected to worth $26.55 Billion by 2018

If simply put, micro servers can be referred to servers that multiple mobile processor chips, that use low power and require less space. The micro servers are specifically used by small to medium sized businesses. Micro servers are small server appliances that work like servers as off-the-shelf appliances that are designed for ease of installation and maintenance. A micro server consists of an operating system, required hardware and required software preinstalled & configured by the manufactured itself with some configurations left to be performed by the end-user through a touch panel or a Web browser. Major applications of micro servers are media storage, internet data storage (like lightweight web serving), low end dedicated hosting and simple content delivery. Micro servers are used by corporations with minimal IT staff. Micro servers are emerging as a popular choice for small to medium sized businesses as these do not need a full-scale rack or tower server.

According to a new market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the total market for next generation memory is expected to reach $26.55 billion by 2018 at an estimated CAGR of 62.3% from 2013 to 2018. It is considered that cloud computing and analytics are some other applications of micro servers which are growing rapidly. Micro servers presently account for 2.3% of the total server sales however looking at the current growth rate, in next five years it is expected to reach 25 to 30% per cent of the global server market.

                                          Source: http://www.brightsideofnews.com/

Important things about micro servers:

1.       More efficient for small jobs.

2.       There’s a place for smaller cores.

3.       Low power consumption which means lower running costs.

4.       These are space savers.

5.       Unlimited applications for small businesses.

6.       Shaking up the server market.

7.       Micro servers will become even more specialized.

Among various applications of micro server, media storage covers the largest of the micro server market though it is forecast-ed that data centers application will surpass it by 2018. The reason is growing online business and increasing requirement of security, storage, resilience in corporate. Cloud computing which is another application of micro servers will grow at a phenomenal CAGR of 62.3% from 2013 to 2018.

As far as geography is concerned, North America has the largest market for these servers. Media storage and data centers application are growing an extraordinary rate in these regions and their growth will supplement the growth of micro servers. The prime reason behind this is the emergence of China and Japan in the micro server market. As the internet datacenters market is growing, there is a huge need of setting up infrastructure to meet this demand. The report covers recent developments in the industry like AMD (U.S.) acquiring SeaMicro (U.S.) in march 2012 and partnership between Calxeda (U.S.) and Penguin computing (U.S.) in October 2012 to develop low power ARM micro servers. Several other acquisitions, mergers, new product launch, agreements etc. have taken place recently and are discussed in the report. The major players in the industry are Intel Corporation (U.S.), Hewlett-Packard (U.S.), Dell Inc (U.S.), Fujitsu (Japan), Samsung Electronics (South Korea) and others.

The report can be referred here:

http://www.marketsandmarkets.com/Market-Reports/micro-servers-market-952.html