Press release
STAMFORD, Conn., July 3, 2008 — Worldwide server revenue in the first quarter
of 2008 increased 2.5 percent over the same quarter last year, according to
updated statistics by Gartner, Inc.
In May, Gartner released results that showed worldwide server revenue grew 4.3
percent compared to the same period last year. However, new findings have
resulted in Gartner updating the numbers for the first quarter of 2008.
“Based on updated guidance and additional analysis of the data, we have revised
the revenue statistics for the first quarter of 2008,” said Jeffrey Hewitt,
research vice president at Gartner. “We commented in the previous release that
HP and IBM continue to vie for market leadership in the worldwide server market
based on revenue. This is still the case but the updated data shows that IBM maintained the
No. 1 vendor position in worldwide server revenue in the first quarter of
2008.”
The previous data showed Hewlett-Packard had taken the lead in worldwide server
revenue. The updated statistics show IBM accounted 29.4 percent of worldwide
server revenue in the first quarter of 2008 (see Table 1). Hewlett-Packard was
the No. 2 vendor with its market share representing 28.3 percent of worldwide
server revenue.
HP was the leader in worldwide server shipments in the first quarter of 2008 with its market share totaling 30.1 percent (see Table 2). Dell posted a 15.8 percent growth for the quarter. IBM increased 2.3 percent and Sun grew 6.6 percent. Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens was the only global vendor to decline—it shrunk 2.6 percent.
