Have IBM and HP outpaced Sun in the worldwide market for Unix servers? IDC declared it so on Friday, but Gartner’s numbers tell a different story. Generally speaking, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 5.6 percent year over year to US$12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2005, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of positive overall revenue growth, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Volume server revenue grew 11.1 percent year over year and continues to represent the primary growth engine for the server market overall.
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IBM Creeps Up on Sun in Unix Server Space
Posted by: Jennifer LeClaire August 29, 2005 11:48 AMHave IBM and HP outpaced Sun in the worldwide market for Unix servers? IDC declared it so on Friday, but Gartner’s numbers tell a different story. Generally speaking, factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 5.6 percent year over year to US$12.2 billion in the second quarter of 2005, marking the ninth consecutive quarter of positive overall revenue growth, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. Volume server revenue grew 11.1 percent year over year and continues to represent the primary growth engine for the server market overall.