IBM number one in worldwide server sales, report finds
Posted: 14 August 2003
Double digit growth in UNIX, Intel and Linux servers worldwide
strengthens IBM’s push to take leadership position in Middle
East
IBM has announced it is the number one server vendor in the world,
according to recently released Gartner Dataquest Server Quarterly
Statistics for the first quarter of 2003 as compared to the same
quarter last year.
IBM captured 30 percent revenue share worldwide and was the only
vendor in the top three to grow revenue and gain share year over
year.
“This news is of particular interest to customers in the
Middle East, where CIOs and IT directors have even more compelling
evidence to support a decision to buy IBM. Not only are IBM’s
servers the most innovative in the industry, with a number of unique
manageability and performance advantages, but a majority of customers
around the world clearly share a common view: IBM servers are better,”
said Samer Shaar, General Manager of IBM Middle East, Egypt and
Pakistan.
According to Gartner, worldwide server revenue was down one percent
in the first quarter compared to the same period a year earlier.
Despite this, Gartner's analysis shows IBM increasing worldwide
server revenues by 8 percent, a gain of 2.5 points of share over
the same quarter a year earlier.
In UNIX servers, IBM was the only vendor in the top three to grow
revenue. The Gartner study shows that IBM gained 5.7 points of share
and grew revenue 19 percent in the first quarter based on year to
year revenue growth.
According to Gartner, IBM grew worldwide Intel server revenue by
21 percent and gained 1.3 points of share in the first quarter as
compared to the same quarter a year earlier.
Gartner also found that IBM was number one and the fastest growing
in Linux servers with 32.4 percent worldwide revenue share, an increase
of 1 point of share and 55 percent growth in the first quarter compared
to the same quarter a year earlier.
For more information see www.ibm.com
Posted by Richard Price,
Editor Pipeline Magazine
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