This IDC study, which is a translation of the Japanese report IDC #J6010205, analyzes the 1H00–2H00 Japan RISC and IA-64 server market. Using the IDC Leadership Grid, we determine the position of the various vendors in the Japan RISC and IA-64 server market. The positions of the top 5 vendors in the market are also analyzed individually.
IDC Japan's Server Research analyst, Ikuo Takafuji, comments, "Japan's RISC and IA-64 server market has already entered the mature phase. In a mature market, business strategies differing from those employed in growth markets are called for. Besides capturing their own products' replacement demand, it is also necessary for vendors to actively capture the replacement demand from their competitors. Apart from this, efforts to create new demand are also imperative."