Thursday, February 28, 2008

The Truth about Server Market Share

February 2008 — IDC released a quarterly update to their Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, citing market share figures for the 4th calendar quarter of 2007 (4Q07). Here are some of the Q407 highlights...

1. For the 46th consecutive quarter, 11 ½ years, HP ProLiant is the x86 server market share leader in both factory revenue and units [1], shipping 1 out of every 3 servers in this market.

2. HP extended the lead in the blade server market, with a 47.7% revenue share Worldwide, and a 45.5% units share taking share from both IBM and Dell.

In EMEA this market share is well above 50% and closer to 60% which mirrors our performance in the Irish market.

HP grew blade revenue 74.6%, year over year, gaining 5.6 points of revenue market share while IBM lost 3.9 points of revenue share over the same period.
HP grew blade units 54.4%, year over year, gaining 5.6 points of unit market share while IBM lost 4.8 points of share over the same period.
Dell a distant third in blade units and revenue lost 4.0 points unit share and lost 4.9 points revenue share, both year over year.


For the full story please visit hp.com