Servers: IBM and HP share first place

Gartner figures have fallen: IBM took over first place in the server market ... in value. But HP keeps the leading position in volume.Gartner stock of the server market in the third quarter of 2011 is clear: with an increase of its turnover by 3.5% to 3.84 billion, IBM finds value in the first place. But Big Blue is still far behind in volume, which maintains headquarters HP.
IBM's balance sheet benefits from the good performance of its servers Power Systems and System X (x86) Silicon.fr details.
Declined by -3.6% over the same period, HP found in second place with earnings of $ 3.8 billion.
The decline of HP is significant of a major problem, because at the same time the number 3 Dell rose 6.3% to $ 1.9 billion, the number 4 Fujitsu 3.6%, tied with Sun Oracle that has remained stable, however, display a tremor on the rise.
In a market that Gartner has registered on the rise, from 5.2% to $ 12.3 billion in terms of market share, IBM shows 29.7% market share, HP 29.3% , Dell 14.5%, Oracle 6.2% and 4.7% Fujitsu.
But the results of Gartner on the market in quantities shipped server tells a different story.
Despite a decline in the number of units delivered by -3.1% (693,265 units), mainly on x86 ProLiant servers, HP retained the top spot with 29.2% market share.
Dell is No. 2 with 21.8%, up 3.2% (517,867 units), followed by IBM with 12.1% (287,507 units) at equilibrium, and Fujitsu and Lenovo.
The figures come from Gartner also noted the slow degradation quantitative market history 'RISC and Itanium servers, with deliveries fell 6.8% in the third quarter, while revenue continues to grow of 3.5%.
The demonstration that the price positioning of high-end servers to be reviewed? IBM, with revenues in the RISC / UNIX grew by 27%, will probably not agree, while HP (Itanium) fell by -18.5% and Oracle / Sun (Sparc) 11.6% .
At the same time, the market for x86 servers grew 7.6% in shipments and 9.3% in sales.
The last figure we quote is disturbing, we could not fail to mention: if all parts of the world show an increase, even stronger in Eastern Europe (27.4%) and Asia / Pacific (23, 9%), the Western Europe continues to serve the gloom of the economy with a decline of -4.9%.