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Gartner: x86 servers gain as Unix shipments fall
As adoption of x86 servers increased globally, Unix-based server shipments witnessed a slowdown during the third quarter, a Gartner survey released on Monday said.
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Unit shipments of Unix servers dropped for the top Unix vendors, Sun Microsystems and IBM, though revenue increased, Gartner said in the survey. Hewlett-Packard saw both its unit shipments and its revenue for Unix servers rise, the survey said.
Overall Unix server shipments fell 6.4 percent to 103,267 units. Sun led the pack, shipping 52,038 units, but that was 12 percent fewer than a year earlier. IBM shipped 27,904 units to come in second place, representing a 12.9 percent drop in volume. It was followed by HP, which saw a 29.4 percent increase in shipments. Apple, in fourth place, shipped 4,098 units, a 33.4 percent increase. Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens was in fifth place.
Growing at a clip of 9.5 percent, shipments of x86 servers increased globally to 2.1 million units. HP was the top vendor, with a 30 percent market share, shipping 631,399 servers, which was a 20 percent year-over-year increase. Dell shipped 484,650 servers, a 5.4 percent increase. IBM, in third place, saw server shipments drop 3.5 percent. Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens and NEC followed in the fourth and fifth spots.
Overall, 2.2 million servers shipped worldwide during the third quarter, an 8.7 percent increase. Global server growth was driven by demand for increased capacity and growth in emerging markets, said Errol Rasit, a senior analyst at Gartner, in a prepared statement.
HP, which retained its spot as the top server vendor with a 29.3 percent market share, saw a 20.2 percent increase in shipments, followed by Dell, which saw a 5.4 percent increase. IBM was in third place, with shipments dropping 3.9 percent, followed by Sun and Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens.
Server revenue worldwide was US$13.4 billion, a 2.6 percent increase year over year. IBM earned $4 billion, a drop of 8.1 percent from the previous year, and had market share of 30.1 percent. HP, in second place with $3.8 billion in server revenue, closed in on the top spot. The company's server revenue grew 13.9 percent, and it achieved a 28.1 percent market share. Dell was in third place, collecting $1.6 billion, a 12.6 percent increase. Sun was in fourth place, followed by Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens.
The IDG News Service is a Network World affiliate.
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