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	February 8, 2007 (updated February 13, 2007) 2006 Enterprise Server Buyer Profile Business Technographics® North America And Europe by Frank E. Gillett with Eric G. Brown, Galen Schreck, Christopher Voce, Will McEnroe, Emily Van Metre

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Executive Summary

As part of our annual survey of enterprise IT infrastructure decision-makers, we asked a set of server-oriented questions about which servers, processors, and OSes they use; their use of and interest in server virtualization and grid computing; their likelihood of changing vendors; and their top server priorities. Among many things, we learned that they have bought from several server vendors in the past 12 months, that Windows is the top choice for their two most important server setups, that about two-thirds favor Intel for x86 server processors, and that they are enthusiastically embracing server virtualization but not grid computing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Server Buyers Use Multiple Vendors But Focus On Reducing Complexity
  • NA And European Firms Have Similar Server Priorities
  • HP, Windows, Intel Lead, But AMD Has Opportunity
  • Windows Dominates On Most Important Server Setups
  • Firms Will Stick With Current Server And OS Vendors
  • VMware Drives Server Virtualization Above 50% In NA
• Supplemental Material

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