We are excited to announce again that Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) systems powered by VMware vSAN led the market in Q1 of 2022, according to the IDC Worldwide Converged Systems Tracker. IDC reported that systems running VMware held 43.3% of the market share, higher than the following four HCI software vendors combined. For the second quarter in a row, only HCI systems running VMware surpassed $1 billion in revenue in a quarter.
IDC Data Shows VMware is the #1 Software Vendor for HCI Systems
The latest IDC Converged Systems Tracker shows that VMware continues to grow with the market, experiencing robust 10.3% year-over-year growth from Q1 2021 to Q1 2022. With over 43% market share, systems running VMware remain near an all-time record for market share, as customers consistently choose vSAN for their most critical infrastructure needs.
WW Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker 2022 Q1
| HCI Software Vendor | 2022 Q1 Revenue (in $ Millions) | Market Share | 2021 Q1 Revenue | Year over Year Revenue Change |
| 1. VMware | $1,007.50 | 43.30% | $913.42 | 10.30% |
| 2. Nutanix | $638.58 | 27.45% | $555.51 | 14.95% |
| 3. HPE/H3C* | $123.18 | 5.29% | $143.69 | -14.27% |
| 3. Dell* | $105.13 | 4.52% | $56.79 | 85.12% |
| 5. Cisco* | $95.18 | 4.09% | $89.71 | 6.10% |
| 5. Huawei* | $91.04 | 3.91% | $94.59 | -3.75% |
| Others | $266.07 | 11.44% | $247.52 | 7.49% |
| Total | $2,326.68 | 100.00% | $2,101.23 | 10.50% |
*IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide converged systems market when there is a difference of one percent or less in the share of revenues or unit shipments among two or more vendors.
Why Customers Continue to Choose VMware vSAN
VMware vSAN brings the power of the cloud to our customer’s data centers, enabling them to meet today’s business requirements with agile Hyperconverged Infrastructure. vSAN allows them to scale flexibly by scaling out, scaling up, or adding compute or storage independently with HCI Mesh™ simplify operations with highly automated workflows and cloud services, accelerate time-to-market, and reduce costs.
VMware HCI is cloud-connected to support any application or use case in a hybrid cloud architecture. It speeds cloud adoption with consistent infrastructure and operations with all the global hyperscalers, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, IBM, Alibaba, and Oracle.
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