Web 2.0 Server Market Shares, Strategies, and Forecasts, 2008-2014

Table of Contents

Web 2.0 Servers Executive Summary  ES-1

Web 2.0 Implements Push Technology  ES-1

Web 2.0 Networking Heuristics Value  ES-3

Web 2.0 Server Market Driving Forces  ES-5

Web 2.0 Server Market Shares  ES-9

Web 2.0 Server Forecasts  ES-11

 

1. Web 2.0 Servers Market Description and Market Dynamics  1-1

1.1   Web 2.0 Internet Scale Mainstream Applications  1-1

1.1.1    Web 2.0 Design Patterns  1-2

1.1.2    Data is t Next for Web 2.0  1-3

1.1.3    Network Effects  1-3

1.1.4    Collaboration  1-4

1.1.5    Social Networking Heuristics  1-4

1.1.6    Wiki-Style Collaborative Editing  1-5

1.2   Core Competencies of Web 2.0  1-6

1.3   Web 2.0 Next Generation Applications  1-7

1.4   Web 2.0 Impact On Business Environment 1-9

1.4.1    Web 2.0 Corporate and Marketing Communications  1-13

1.5   Blogging  1-15

1.5.1    Architecture of Participation  1-15

1.5.2    Permalink Functionality  1-17

1.6   Web 2.0 Driven By Data  1-18

1.6.1    Control Over The Database  1-18

1.7   Web 2.0 Advertising Business  1-19

1.7.1    Google's Lightweight Programming Model

Has Led To The Creation Of Numerous Value-Added Services  1-20

1.8   Scientific Collaboration Using Web 2.0  1-25

1.8.1    OpenWetWare Project At MIT  1-26

 

2. Web 2.0 Servers Market Shares and Forecasts  2-1

2.1   Advertising Revenue Drives Web 2.0  2-1

2.1.1    Web 2.0 Changing How The Enterprise And Society

Functions  2-1

2.1.2    Web 2.0 Server Market Driving Forces  2-3

2.1.3    Google Technologies Leverage AJAX To Implement

Web Design  2-6

2.2   Web 2.0 Server Market Shares  2-9

2.2.1    HP Web 2.0  2-14

2.2.2    Dell Selling PCs in Second Life! 2-14

2.2.3    Google  2-15

2.2.4    IBM iDataPlex Web 2.0 Form Factor 2-15

2.2.5    Sun Web 2.0 Internet 2-16

2.2.6    Google  2-16

2.2.7    Robotic Manufacturing  2-17

2.3   x86 Market Shares 2007  2-17

2.4   Web 2.0 Server Forecasts  2-22

2.4.1    Server Electricity Usage  2-27

2.4.2    Google Investing In Renewable Energy  2-29

 

3. Web 2.0 Servers Description   3-1

3.1   Sun Web 2.0 Internet 3-1

3.1.1    Sun Web 2.0 Positioning  3-2

3.1.2    Sun Microsystems Web 2.0 Innovation  3-2

3.1.3    Sun / Fujitsu  3-3

3.1.4    Sun, Fujitsu, and Fujitsu Siemens Web 2.0 Energy

Efficient Servers  3-4

3.1.5    Fujitsu / Sun  3-5

3.1.6    Sparc Enterprise T5140 And T5240 Servers Scale  3-5

3.1.7    SPARC Enterprise T5140 and T5240 Servers  3-6

3.2   IBM Web 2.0  3-7

3.2.1    IBM Web 2.0 Technologies  3-7

3.2.2    IBM Web 2.0 iDataPlex  3-8

3.2.3    IBM iDataPlex Web 2.0 Form Factor 3-9

3.2.4    IBM Web 2.0 Mashups  3-10

3.2.5    IBM Internally Developing And Evangelizing Web 2.0 Tools  3-11

3.3   HP Web 2.0  3-12

3.3.1    Hewlett-Packard HP Proliant 3-14

3.4   Dell 3-19

3.4.1    Dell 2-Socket 1U High Availability Rack Server 3-21

3.4.2    Dell Selling PCs in Second Life! 3-22

3.5   Intel® Web 2.0 Technology Development 3-22

3.6   AMD   3-26

3.7   Google  3-26

3.7.1    Google Infrastructure  3-27

3.8   Microsoft Platform Approach Instead of Application  3-28

3.8.1    Akamai vs. BitTorrent 3-30

3.8.2    Harnessing Collective Intelligence  3-31

 

4. Web 2.0 Implementations and Technology  1

4.1   Google Scale Mainstream Applications Gmail and Google Maps  4-1

4.1.1    Google.com—Search and Personalization  4-3

4.1.2    Google Scholar. 4-4

4.1.3    Google Server Implementation for Web 2.0  4-5

4.1.4    Google Replicates The Web pages  4-6

4.1.5    Google Map / Reduce Framework Runs In

Parallel On 1,000 Machines                                                                                 4-8

4.1.6    Google Global Work Queue  4-9

4.1.7    Communication, Collaboration and Communities  4-9

4.1.8    Google Spent $250 Million On Hardware

Equipment In 2004, $1.4 Billion in 2007  4-10

4.1.9    Google Uses 1.8 Million Servers, Search Results,

Images, Videos, Emails And Ads  4-13

4.1.10  Google Dynamic Architecture Implementation  4-14

4.1.11  Short Description of Google Search Engine

Dynamic Architecture  4-17

4.1.12  Google BigFiles  4-18

4.1.13  Google Repository  4-18

4.2   eBay Infrastructure  4-19

4.2.1    Sun Storage Helps Keep The Store Open  4-22

4.2.2    eBay’s Infrastructure Evolution  4-23

4.3   Microsoft .Net Defines Reusable Modules Dynamically  4-24

4.3.1    Microsoft Data Center Size  4-24

4.3.2    Microsoft Combines Managed Modules into Assemblies  4-26

4.3.3    Microsoft Architecture Dynamic Modular Processing  4-28

4.4   IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Feature Pack for

Web 2.0  4-30

4.4.1    IBM Web 2.0 Steps To Deploy Websphere

Application Server Using Virtual Image Templates  4-31

4.4.2    IBM WebSphere Application Server Feature Pack  4-36

4.5   Facebook  4-38

4.6   MySpace  4-40

4.7   Reunion  4-43

4.8   Software Release Cycle  4-44

4.9   iTunes and TiVo  4-45

 

5. Web 2.0 Servers Company Profiles  1

5.1   DoubleClick vs. Overture and AdSense  1

5.2   Facebook  5-1

5.3   FortiusOne  5-2

5.4   Fujitsu  5-2

5.4.1    Fujitsu Network Communications  5-6

5.4.2    Fujitsu Considers WiMAX vs. 3G vs. Wi-Fi 5-6

5.4.3    Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 Small System   5-7

5.4.4    Fujitsu FASST Transition Solutions  5-7

5.5   Google  5-7

5.5.1    Google Revenues  5-9

5.5.2    Wayne Rosing Former CTO Comments On Push Technology  5-14

5.6   Hewlett Packard  5-17

5.6.1    HP Products and Services: Segment Information  5-18

5.6.2    Hewlett Packard Technology Solutions Group  5-18

5.6.3    Hewlett Packard Enterprise Storage and Servers  5-19

Hewlett Packard Service-Oriented Architecture  5-21

HP SOA Center Components  5-21

HP Financial Information 2008  5-23

HP Personal Systems Group  5-24

HP Imaging and Printing Group  5-24

HP Enterprise Storage and Servers  5-24

HP Services  5-25

HP Software  5-25

HP Financial Services  5-25

HP Technology Positioning  5-28

5.7   IBM    5-28

5.7.1    IBM's Capabilities  5-31

IBM SOA Infrastructure  5-32

IBM WebSphere SOA Business Integration Foundation  5-33

5.7.2    IBM 2008 Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year Revenue  5-34

5.8   MySpace  5-44

5.9   Postful 5-45

5.10     Reunion  5-46

5.11     SearchForce  5-46

5.12     Sun Microsystems  5-47

5.12.1  Sun Microsystems Network Computing Infrastructure  5-47

5.12.2  Sun Business Strategy  5-48

5.12.3  Sun Startup Essentials Program   5-52

5.12.4  Sun Web 2.0 Customer Base  5-53

5.13     Yahoo  5-53

5.13.1  Yahoo has 30,000 servers. 5-54

5.13.2  Yahoo Revenues  5-57

5.13.3  Yahoo Business Segment Results  5-58

5.13.4  Yahoo Server Capital Expenditures  5-59

 

List of Tables and Figures

Table ES-1  ES-7

Web 2.0 Market Driving Forces 

Table ES-1  (Continued) ES-8

Web 2.0 Market Driving Forces 

Figure ES-2  ES-10

Worldwide Web 2.0 Low End x86 Server Shipments 

Market Shares, Dollars, 2007 

Figure ES-3  ES-11

Worldwide Web 2.0 Small Server Shipments 

Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014 

 

 

 

Table 1-1  1-6

Harnessing Collective Intelligence 

Table 1-2  1-7

Web 2.0 Next Generation Applications Providers 

Table 1-3  1-8

Web 2.0 Web Space Characteristics 

Table 1-4  1-10

Web 2.0 Next Generation Applications 

Table 1-5  1-11

Web 2.0 Next Generation Functions 

Table 1-6  1-21

Mashup Market Opportunity 

Table 1-7  1-23

Web 2.0 Internet Examples 

Table 1-7  (Continued) 1-24

Web 2.0 Internet Examples 

 

Table 2-1  2-4

Web 2.0 Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-1  (Continued) 2-5

Web 2.0 Market Driving Forces 

Table 2-2  2-7

Web 2.0 Ajax Technology Functions 

Figure 2-3  2-10

Worldwide Web 2.0 x86 Server With Onboard Storage Shipments 

Vendor and Internal Purchase Market Shares, Dollars, 2007 

 

Table 2-4  2-11

Worldwide Web 2.0 x86 Server With On Board Storage

Vendor and Internal Purchase Shipments, Market Shares,

Dollars, 2007 

Table 2-5  2-12

Worldwide Web 2.0 x86 Server With On Board Storage

Vendor and Internal Purchase Shipments, Market Shares,

Units, 2007 

Table 2-6  2-13

Worldwide Web 2.0 x86 Server With On Board Storage

Vendor and Internal Purchase Shipments, Market Shares,

Units, 2007 

Table 2-7  2-18

Worldwide Low End x86 Server Shipments, Market Shares,

Dollars, 2007 

Table 2-8  2-19

Worldwide Low End x86 Server Shipments, Market Shares,

Units, 2007 

Table 2-9  2-20

Worldwide Low End x86 Server Shipments, Market Shares,

Units, 2007 

Table 2-10  2-21

Worldwide Web 2.0 Low End x86 Integrated Storage Server

Shipments, Market Shares, Units, 2007 

Figure 2-11  2-22

Worldwide Web 2.0 Server and Low End x86 Server With

On Board Storage Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014 

 

Table 2-12  2-23

Worldwide Web 2.0 Server and Low End x86 Server

With On Board Storage Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014 

Table 2-13  2-25

Worldwide x86 Server and On Board Dual Processor and

Quad Processor Market Forecasts, Dollars, 2008-2014 

Figure 2-14  2-28

WinterGreen Research ROI Google Server Electricity Analysis 

Figure 2-15  2-29

WinterGreen Research Google Server Air Conditioning

and Total Electricity Analysis 

 

Table 3-1  3-1

Sun Web 2.0 Internet Positioning 

Figure 3-2  3-8

IBM2.0  iDataPlex 

Table 3-3  3-13

HP Web 2.0 SDP 2.0's Portfolio Of Solutions 

Table 3-3 (Continued) 3-14

HP Web 2.0 SDP 2.0's Portfolio Of Solutions 

Table 3-4  3-17

Hewlett Packard Web 2.0 Server Positioning 

Table 3-5  3-18

Hewlett Packard Web 2.0 Server Applications 

Table 3-6  3-19

HP SIP Solution Benefits 

 

Figure 3-7  3-20

Dell f5 Web 2.0 Server 

Table 3-8  3-21

Dell PowerEdge 1950 III Server 

Table 3-9  3-23

Intel Web 2.0 applications Design Support

Table 3-10  3-24

Intel Web 2.0 TDK Developer Functions 

Table 3-11  3-25

Intel Web 2.0 Software Key Features 

 

Table 4-1  4-2

Google Use of Ajax Technology 

Table 4-2  4-12

WinterGreen Research Server Energy Costs

for 14 Servers with 3 Processors 

Figure 4-2  4-14

Google Dynamic Architecture 

Figure 4-4  4-19

Repository Data Structure 

Figure 4-5  4-20

EBay Architecture 

Table 4-6  4-24

Microsoft .Net Defines Reusable Modules 

Figure 4-7  4-25

MegaData Center Capital Expenditures 

 

Figure 4-8  4-27

Microsoft .NET assemblies:

Figure 4-9  4-29

Microsoft Architecture Dynamic Modular Processing 

Figure 4-10  4-32

Steps To Deploy IBM WebSphere Application Server

Using A Virtual Image Template 

Figure 4-11  4-33

WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment

Installation And Configuration Steps 

Figure 4-12  4-37

IBM Web Architecture 

Table 4-13  4-38

Facebook Description. 2007 to April 2008 

Table 4-13  (Continued) 4-39

Facebook Description. 2007 to April 2008 

Table 4-13  (Continued) 4-40

Facebook Description. 2007 to April 2008 

Table 4-14  4-41

MySpace Metrics 

Table 4-14 (Continued) 4-42

MySpace Metrics 

Table 4-15  4-43

Reunion Metrics 

 

 

 

Figure 5-1  5-3

Fujitsu Server Innovation 

Table 5-2  5-4

Fujitsu Server Positioning 

Table 5-3  5-5

Fujitsu Servers 

Table 5-4  5-10

Google Advertising Positioning 

Table 5-5  5-22

HP Systinet SOA Center Components Key Capabilities 

Table 5-6  5-55

Yahoo Search Offerings