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February 20, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Research and consulting firm Tier 1 Research (Tier1Research.com) announced on Thursday that has released two new quarterly reports, separately covering the large and small enterprise markets for Internet infrastructure software and services.
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According to Tier 1, the in-depth reports describe key emerging trends, preview expected future events and deliver substantial details on historic and forecasted company-by-company revenues for colocation, Web hosting and managed infrastructure services. Free summaries and the full reports are available at the company’s Web site.
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Trends identified in the 56-page “PreReview1Q03/4Q02 Complex Infrastructure” report include: further stratification of the Web hosting marketplace; data center automation solutions moving past a market education phase; emergence of new hosting firms through the purchase of distressed assets; and the rising adoption of Linux in data center deployments. In the report, Tier 1 predicts growth of 14 percent in 2003, bringing the industry to $7.56 billion in revenue.
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Trends highlighted in the 40-page “PreReview 1Q03/4Q02 Mass Market Hosting” include: major companies moving aggressively, possibly making acquisitions; phenomenal growth and new competition in the sub-$100 per month dedicated hosting market; and the launch of brick-and-mortar sales strategies from hosting vendors. The report also includes collaborative data and insights from Tier 1′s work with Netcraft. In the report, Tier 1 forecasts 12 percent growth in mass-market hosting services, to $3.8 billion in 2003.
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“There is an amazing and, surprisingly, rising level of interest in the Internet infrastructure sector,” said Andrew Schroepfer, founder and president of Tier 1 Research. “Collectively, the sector’s outlook has greatly improved and these reports provide the details necessary for all audiences to understand and act upon our conclusion that growth prospects remain bright.”
