March 2, 2010 at 07:17Server market is recovering
Many analysts see the server market as an indicator of the state of the IT market as a whole, and this condition has been known to be very bad in the last two years. The catastrophic failure of the server market, in particular, finished off Sun, and indeed many manufacturers were hit hard.
However, it seems that the situation has begun to recover slowly: IDC recently published server data for the 4th quarter of 2009, and analysts have recorded sales growth for the second quarter in a row. Microscopic, yes, only 2% compared to Q4 2008, but before that for 6 months in a row there was a continuous drop. In addition, for the first time since 2008, revenues grew at all server levels, from initial to high-end. So we can assume that the patient is more likely alive than dead.
Sales of Linux servers grew by 6% compared to Q4 2008, so now revenue from them, according to IDC estimates, is almost 15% of the entire server market.
Three leaders without surprises - IBM still ranks first with a share of 35%, followed by HP - 30% and Dell - 11%.
However, it seems that the situation has begun to recover slowly: IDC recently published server data for the 4th quarter of 2009, and analysts have recorded sales growth for the second quarter in a row. Microscopic, yes, only 2% compared to Q4 2008, but before that for 6 months in a row there was a continuous drop. In addition, for the first time since 2008, revenues grew at all server levels, from initial to high-end. So we can assume that the patient is more likely alive than dead.
Sales of Linux servers grew by 6% compared to Q4 2008, so now revenue from them, according to IDC estimates, is almost 15% of the entire server market.
Three leaders without surprises - IBM still ranks first with a share of 35%, followed by HP - 30% and Dell - 11%.