With the increase in demand, competition among x86 server vendors has become even more aggressive with market saturation in various developed areas in the PRC. Part of China's 12th Five-Year Plan announced by the PRC government involves developing the rural areas, which will present both a challenge and a potential growth opportunity for the multinational and local vendors. These vendors need to know how to identify and target the market segments with the highest potential to remain profitable. IDC's China Quarterly Provincial x86 Server Tracker®: Vertical Markets is designed to provide vendors with detailed market segmentations to help them better understand the x86 server market in China so that they can compete and succeed in this marketplace.

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 shipments, factory revenue, and customer revenue.

Technologies and subtechnologies

• Socket capacity
• Rack indicator
• Size class

Segmentations

• Company size: Government, education, very large business (1,000+ employees), large business (500–999 employees), medium-sized business (100–499 employees), small business (10–99 employees), and small office (1–9 employees)
• Vertical markets: 36 subvertical coverage in these industries — distribution, education, finance, government, health, manufacturing, media, petroleum, telco/TEM, transportation, utilities, and others

Geographic Scope

• China mainland
• Geographic coverage of 32 cities by province: North China (Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Shanxi, and Tianjin), East China (Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, and Zhejiang), Central China (Henan, Hubei, Hunan, and Jiangxi), Northeast China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning), Northwest China (Gansu, Ningxia, Shaanxi, and Xinjiang), Southwest China (Chongqing, Guizhou, Sichuan, Tibet, and Yunnan), and South China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangzhou, Hainan, and Shenzhen)

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated quarterly and include one year of historical data and five years of quarterly forecasts. Forecasts are available at the country level. Examples of the segmentations being forecast in this tracker include:

• Socket capacity
• Rack indicator
• Size class
• Province
• Vertical industry

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with tools such as pivot tables and PowerPoint slides. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

• Final data tables presented in the Excel table format are delivered 75 days after the close of each quarter.
• Final x86 server market databook presented in the Excel pivot format is delivered 75 days after the close of each quarter.
• Executive summary presented in the PowerPoint format, which provides a summary of the quarter's key trends, competitive landscape, and market opportunities, is delivered 75 days after the close of each quarter.