The three vendors held the same positions in the overall server market in the quarter. IBM had 37.9 percent of market share in terms of revenue, increasing revenue by 17.7 percent from the year-ago quarter to $5.2 billion. HP had a 25.8 percent share, 9.4 percent higher than a year ago to $3.5 billion. Sun had a 10.4 percent share, but posted a revenue decline of 1.7 percent to $1.4 billion.
No. 4 Dell Inc. posted a 19 percent increase in revenue for the quarter to $1.2 billion, an 8.6 percent market share; followed by Fujitsu/Fujitsu-Siemens, which posted the strongest revenue growth among the top 5 vendors at 31.3 percent. Fujitsu took in $734 million for a 5.4 percent share.
For the year, the standings remained the same. IBM, Dell and Fujitsu increased market share to 31.6 percent, 9.1 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively. HP and Sun dropped to 27.3 percent and 11.8 percent, respectively. Sun was the only top 5 vendor to post a revenue decline for the year, dropping 11.4 percent to $5.4 billion.
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