Worldwide server shipments for the third quarter of 2009 dropped 17.1 per cent over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenue for the same period declined 15.5 per cent according to Gartner. Worldwide server revenues totaled $10.7 billion for the quarter, as worldwide servers shipments reached 1.2 million units.
“It is important to put the yearly declines into perspective,” said Jeffrey Hewitt, Research Vice President, Gartner. “Looking at the third quarter results from the sequential perspective, they showed an increase of 13.8 per cent in shipments and 10.2 per cent in revenues when compared to the second quarter of this year. That suggests that the market as a whole is showing signs of stabilization as we move toward the end of 2009,” he said
IBM held the revenue lead in the worldwide server market for the quarter. IBM’s overall revenue share lead over second-place HP was 1.5 per cent for the quarter. Four of the top 5 vendors posted double-digit declines in revenue year over year. However, all of the top tier vendors experienced sequential revenue growth, except for Sun Microsystems.
In server shipments, Hewlett-Packard retained its worldwide server shipment lead, as its market share reached 32.1 per cent in the third quarter of 2009. Dell maintained the No. 2 ranking as its share totaled 22.8 per cent. HP’s shipment performance was driven primarily by its ProLiant brands.
