target audience: TECH SUPPLIER  Publication date: Sep 2023 - Document type: Taxonomy - Doc  Document number: # US50514623

IDC's Worldwide Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Taxonomy, 2023

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  • Chris Kanaracus
  • Rob Brothers Loading
  • Dave McCarthy Loading
  • Ashish Nadkarni Loading
  • Natalya Yezhkova Loading

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  • IDC's Worldwide Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Taxonomy

    • Figure: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Primary Segments

  • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Taxonomy Changes for 2023

  • Taxonomy Overview

  • Definitions

    • What Is a Dedicated Cloud?

    • Table: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure or as-a-Service Attributes

    • Dedicated Cloud Primary Segments

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure

    • Infrastructure Hardware (Platforms and Systems)

    • Discrete Computing Platforms

    • Discrete Enterprise Storage Platforms and Systems

    • Converged and Hyperconverged Systems

    • Systems Infrastructure Software

    • Figure: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure Segments

    • Physical and Virtual Computing Software

    • Operating Systems and Subsystems

    • Software-Defined Compute

    • Storage Software

    • Systems Management Software

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure as a Service

    • Figure: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Segments

    • Infrastructure Hardware as a Service

    • Infrastructure Software as a Service

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure Services

    • Figure: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure Services Segments

    • Professional Life-Cycle Services

    • Cloud Professional Services

    • Cloud Managed Support Services

    • Managed Cloud Infrastructure Services

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Additional Attributes

    • Figure: Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services Additional Attributes

    • Deployment Location

    • Self-Owned and/or Operated Facilities (Local)

    • Service Provider Facilities

    • Consumption Model (for Infrastructure)

    • Capital Expenses

    • Operational Expenses

    • Type of Deployment (for Infrastructure)

    • Turnkey (Off the Shelf)

    • Bespoke (Custom)

    • Add-On as-a-Service Options

    • Dedicated Cloud Platform as a Service

    • Dedicated Cloud Software as a service

    • Stack Provider (Infrastructure Software Stack)

    • OEM Vendor (Self or Branded)

    • Independent Software Vendor

    • Public Cloud Service Provider

    • Managed Service Provider (Self or Branded)

    • Infrastructure Control Planes (Management Layer)

    • Premises Based (Installed or as a Service)

    • Cloud Based (as a Service)

    • Figure: Cloud Control Plane

    • Hybrid Cloud and Multicloud Control Planes

    • Workload Support (and Optimization)

    • General Purpose (Mixed)

    • General Purpose (Current Generation)

    • General Purpose (Cloud Native)

    • Special Purpose (Fixed)

    • Special Purpose (Extensible)

    • Management Type

    • Self-Managed (Operated)

    • OEM Vendor

    • Independent Software Vendor

    • Cloud Service Provider

    • Managed Service Provider

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure and Services: Common Segments

    • Figure: Cloud Infrastructure as a Service Classification

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure

    • Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (at Customer Premises)

    • Dedicated Hosted Cloud as a Service

    • Infrastructure Stack

    • Figure: Infrastructure Stack

    • Examples of Popular Services

    • Table: Examples of Dedicated Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure as a Service, and Shared (Public Cloud) Infrastructure Services

  • Related Markets

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    • Related Research

    • Synopsis