According to IDC, global converged systems revenues are up by 1.1% Y-o-Y to $4.2 billion in Q4 2019, the result of robust hyperconverged systems sales carrying the overall market despite annual declines of product types.

The analyst divides the converged systems market in 3 segments-- reference & integrated infrastructure, integrated platforms and hyperconverged systems. Certified reference systems & integrated infrastructure revenues total $1.3bn in Q4 2019, a -18.5% Y-o-Y decline even as they represent 30.7% of all converged systems revenues. Integrated platforms are up by 0.1% in Q4 2019, generating revenues worth $620m and making 14.8% of total market revenues.

Server maker Supermicro announces what it claims is the broadest portfolio of validated NGC-ready systems in the industry, all optimised to accelerate AI and deep learning applications.

Supermicro NGC-ready systems allow customers to train AI models using Nvidia V100 Tensor core GPUs and to perform inference using T4 Tensor core GPUs. NGC hosts GPU-optimised software containers for deep learning, machine learning and HPC applications, pre-trained models and SDKs able to run anywhere the Supermicro NGC-ready systems are deployed, be it datacentres, cloud, edge micro-datacentres or distributed remote locations as environment-resilient and secured Nvidia-ready for edge servers powered by the Nvidia EGX intelligent edge platform.

The global server market continued to grow in Q4 2019, Gartner reports, as revenues are up by 5.1% Y-o-Y and shipments see 11.7% Y-o-Y growth. The same cannot be said for full-year 2019, as shipments are down by -3.1% and revenues by -2.5%.

"The market returned to growth with a very strong Q4 2019 result, largely driven by a return of demand from hyperscalers,” the analyst says. “However, the outlook for the worldwide server market in 2020 is subject to great uncertainty. The impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is expected to temper forecast growth. Although demand from the hyperscale segment is expected to continue through H1 2020, other buying organisations’ reactions will vary.”

Schneider Electric announces a first rack-mounted datacentre cooling solution-- the Uniflair, a 3.5kW DX solution designed to handle the need for rack-based cooling in micro datacentres and edge computing.

The solution frees up floor space by placing cooling at the bottom of any rack. Customers can integrate it into EcoStruxure, enabling global performance visibility complete with a 24x7 service bureau using the EcoStruxure IT Expert and Asset Advisor datacentre management (DCIM) software. Variable capacity offers continuous and automatic fan and compressor speed modulation in order to match airflow requirements. The system delivers 0.5 to 3.5kW of cooling, maximising efficiency and lowering operational costs.