IDC's Worldwide Storage and Computing Infrastructure Software Platforms Taxonomy, 2023

IDC's Worldwide Storage and Computing Infrastructure Software Platforms Taxonomy

• Figure: Storage and Computing Infrastructure Software Platforms Primary Segments

Storage and Computing Infrastructure Software Platforms Taxonomy Changes for 2023

Taxonomy Overview

• Alignment with IDC's Data Products and Syndicated Research

• Revenue Capture in IDC's Software Tracker

• AI System Infrastructure Software

Definitions

• Storage Software Platforms

• Figure: Storage Software Functional Markets and Submarkets

• Table: Storage Software: Examples of Vendors for Functional Markets and Submarkets

• Data Replication and Protection Software

• Data Protection Software

• Backup and Recovery Reporting Software

• Storage Replication Software

• Host or Hypervisor-Based Replication Software

• Systems and Data Migration Software

• Fabric and Appliance-Based Replication Software

• Array-Based Replication Software

• Replication Management Software

• Archiving Software

• Email Archiving Software

• File, Cloud, and Other Archiving Software

• Storage Infrastructure and Device Management Software

• Storage Resource Management and Heterogeneous SAN Management Software

• Storage Resource Management and Homogeneous SAN Management Software

• Storage Device Management Software

• Virtualization and Federation Software

• Host-Based File Systems and Volume Management Software

• Storage Access and Path Management Software

• Automated Storage Tiering Software

• Storage Acceleration Software

• Other Storage Management and Infrastructure Software

• Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Block-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• File-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Object-Based Software-Defined Storage Controller Software

• Hyperconvergence and Software–Defined Storage Software Platforms

• Physical and Virtual Computing Software

• Figure: Physical and Virtual Computing Platforms Functional Markets and Submarkets

• Table: Physical and Virtual Computing Software Platforms: Examples of Vendors for Functional Markets and Submarkets

• Operating System Environments

• Core (Server) Operating Systems

• Client (User) Operating Systems

• Embedded (Industrial) Operating Systems

• Software-Defined Compute Software Platforms

• Virtualization Machine Software

• Container Infrastructure Platforms

• Cloud System Software

• Other Computing Software

• Availability and Clustering Software

• Miscellaneous Computing Software

• System and Service Management Software

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• Appendix

• Market Definitions

• Related Research

• Synopsis