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As 2017 came to a close, IT infrastructure vendors continued to respond to trends that favored Hybrid IT multi-cloud solutions. Most enterprise IT leaders invested in combinations of on-premises platforms and public cloud-based services. Meanwhile, the cloud hyperscale service providers still drive demand. Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT -- including public and private cloud -- grew 25.5 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2017 (3Q17) reaching $11.3 billion, according to the latest worldwide market study by International Data Corporation (IDC). Cloud IT Infrastructure Market Development Public cloud infrastructure revenue grew 32.3 percent year-over-year in 3Q17 to $7.7 billion and now represents 30.2 percent of total worldwide IT infrastructure spending -- that's up from 26.3 percent one year ago. Private cloud revenue reached $3.6 billion for an annual increase of 13.1 percent. Moreover, t...

IT Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 19.9 percent year-over-year to reach $17 billion in the third quarter of 2017 (3Q17), according to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC). While demand from cloud computing service providers has driven overall market performance in the past, other areas of the server market are beginning to show growth. Worldwide server shipments increased 11.1 percent year-over-year to 2.67 million units in 3Q17. Server Systems Market Development Volume server revenue increased by 19.3 percent to $14.2 billion, while midrange server revenue grew 26.9 percent to $1.4 billion. High-end systems grew 19.4 percent to $1.3 billion, benefiting from the IBM z14 launch this quarter. That said, IDC expects continued long-term secular declines in high-end system revenue, with short periods of growth related to major platform refreshes. "Hyperscalers continued driving volume demand in the third quarter, with Amazon ...