Big Blue Retains Top Slot In Server Market Standing: IDC
IBM retained the number 1 spot in the worldwide server systems market with 38.4% market share in factory revenue, growing its revenue by 0.8% when compared to the same quarter one year ago, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker. HP continued to hold the number 2 spot in terms of factory revenue with 26.8% share, growing revenue 3.8% compared to 4Q04 and gaining 1 point of market share overall. Dell maintained third place with 9.6% factory revenue market share in 4Q05. Dell experienced 7.3% revenue growth compared with 4Q04, while fourth place Sun experienced a year-over-year revenue decline of 10.9% in 4Q05 to 8.2% market share.
Fujitsu/Fujitsu-Siemens earned a fifth place standing in terms of factory revenue with 4.3% market share. The Fujitsu Group of companies saw a 10.9% factory revenue decline year over year.
In terms of unit shipments, HP maintained the number 1 position worldwide with 30.2% server shipment share, growing shipments 8.8% year over year. Dell maintained the number 2 spot in terms of worldwide server shipments with 23.3% share, up from 21.3%.
