IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker® enables users to better understand the dynamics of the rapidly changing workstation market. It provides clients with a quantitative measure of the market and how particular vendors are performing within the space. Through pivot table data and in-depth analysis, users can quickly get answers to important product planning and positioning questions.
Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation
This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in unit shipments and customer revenue.
Technologies and subtechnologies:
x86 workstations
Operating systems: Linux, Unix, and Windows
Form factors: Desktop, mobile, rack, blade, and all-in-ones
Segmentations
Top personal workstation (PWS) vendors
Primary application
Sales channel
Workstation price band
Vendors broken down by product families and workstation models
Core count, core per die, die per module, module per socket, and socket capability
Monitor size mobile workstation
ECC memory
Geographic Scope
United States
Canada
Latin America available by 9 countries
Western Europe available by 16 countries
Central and Eastern Europe available by 15 countries
Middle East and Africa available by 8 countries
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) available by 14 countries
Japan
Delivery Schedule and Deliverables
This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis via Excel pivot tables. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:
Quarterly data files: 6 weeks after the end of each calendar quarter
Other optional workstation deliverables:
Preliminary top vendor Excel slide deck: 4 weeks after the end of each calendar quarter
PowerPoint slide deck of quarterly results: 5 weeks after the end of each calendar quarter
IDC's Tracker Methodology
IDC's tracker data is developed using a rigorous methodology that includes well-planned and well-coordinated local, regional, and worldwide data cross-checks combined with a proprietary advanced data consolidation and analysis data platform managed by IDC's Worldwide Tracker organization. Data sources used in the process of determining IDC's tracker numbers include, but are not limited to:
In-country local vendor interviews
Distribution data feeds
Worldwide and regional vendor guidance
ODM data
In-country local channel partner discussions
Import records
Feedback from component suppliers
Vendor briefings and public financial reports
Enabling Better Business Decisions Across the Organization
IDC trackers provide the accurate and timely market size, vendor share, and forecast information you need to identify market and product expansion opportunities, increase revenues, and win market share. IDC's tracker research is a critical input to the planning and monitoring cycles of the business process. Common uses of the tracker data include:
Planning Process
Regional, state or city-level planning — setting regional, country, state or city-level sales targets based on market opportunity
Product marketing — creating a product strategy and road map based on currently available product features and expected growth
Production planning — using customer demand data as an input in the creation of production schedules
Product portfolio planning — accessing accurate and detailed data as an input into the product development process
Monitoring Process
Performance measurement — comparing vendor performance on prior fiscal periods
