Cloud server shipments to escalate

IT News writes.

The numbers are still relatively low, but analyst firm IHS iSuppli has forecast that manufacturers will ship 875 000 low-cost, high-density blade servers this year, up 35% from the 647 000 units shipped in 2011.

According to All Things D, the rate of growth is expected to continue over the next three years, in the 20% to 30% range.

Cloud server sales will grow at a rate that is five times faster than the rate of growth for general-purpose servers, iSuppli says.

"Over the course of 2011, we've seen a steady uptick of venture investment into cloud-based software and services," Rackspace quotes CB Insights co-founder Jonathan Sherry as saying.

"In Q4, cloud-based companies comprised 26.5% of Internet deal volume and 34.5% of Internet investment dollars."