Knowledge Base

From 451 Research, part of S&P Global, this database contains a variety of reports from 451 Research analysts covering the data center industry.

Important Notes:

• You must request access to the database before you can login/access the content.
• It is available for current Stanford faculty, staff, and students for Stanford-related academic research and teaching.
• We subscribe to the Datacenter Services & Infrastructure "channel," and most content outside of that channel is not available. 

Connect to the Database:

1. Launch the 451 Research platform.
2. Login using the account credentials you created.

Searching the Reports:

1. In the Quick Search box on the left of the page, enter your keywords or use the Advanced Search option.

Overview of the report types:

• Market Monitor & Forecasts - Market intelligence for key emerging segments of the enterprise technology marketplace.
• Market Insights - Real-time insights delivered daily. Market Insights are short-form reports that deliver key analysis on market trends and developments, vendor profiles, M&A activity, emerging technology, technology sectors, user deployment and end-user perspectives, and investment trends.
  • Unlike the other report types, our subscription includes Market Insights access all 9 research channels (Applied Infrastructure & DevOps, Cloud & Managed Services Transformation, Customer Experience & Commerce, Datacenter Services & Infrastructure, Data, AI & Analytics, Information Security, IoT, Edge & Digital Industries, Workforce Productivity & Collaboration)
• Long Form & Short Form Reports (Technology & Business Insight) - Insights into market data, customer adoption analysis, early visibility into technology innovation, and understanding of new market dynamics.
• Surveys (Voice of the Customer) - Survey-based intelligence for vendors and service providers to navigate market shifts and understand their customers’ adoption and levers of spending. Also included are survey-based data and insight from panels of leading indicator and population representative consumers.