The Data Center Services Market In Japan, 2013 To 2016

Over the past 18 months, all of the significant data center players in the Japanese market -- telcos, vendors, service providers, and systems integrators (SIs) -- have been aggressively investing in increasing capacity. These investments are in response to several factors: a surge in the demand to colocate IT infrastructure in third-party data centers; a sharp increase in business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) initiatives in the wake of the 2011 earthquake; the need to manage increasing data transaction volumes; and interest in broadening as-a-service offerings in the market. This report provides vendor strategists with an overview of the trends in Japan's data center services market, insight into the rapidly changing business and technology requirements, and an analysis of customer demands and expectations as they seek to engage external service providers.