Sun, Dell Lead Server Sales
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Server shipments and revenue increased in the second quarter, as Sun Microsystems and Dell gained market share at the expense of Hewlett-Packard and IBM, according to research recently released by Gartner.
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Server shipments and revenue increased in the second quarter, with low-cost servers based on Linux or the Windows operating system growing faster than their Unix counterparts, according to research firm Gartner Inc.
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(InfoWorld) - Dell is seeing strong demand for its products in several Asian markets and is pleased with customer acceptance of Microsoft'sÂ new Windows Vista operating system, according to one of the computer manufacturer's senior executives in the region. While Dell's business in China and South Korea is growing at more than 30 percent year-over-year, it growth in India is even greater at 60 percent, said Jim Merritt, vice president of North Asia operations at Dell and president of the company's Japan unit. The growth hasn't been typical worldwide, however, where Dell has beenÂ battling a slowdown. The company's plan to revive its business depends partly on reaching more customers in emerging markets, particularly those mentioned by Merritt. The plan also looks toÂ focus on SMBs, enterprise services, and storage, and to shorten the amount of time it takes to design new products. In Japan, growth is more modest but still good at between 10 percent and 12 percent, according to Merritt. Dell Japan will be focusing on enterprise customers, services, software, and peripherals as it looks to grow market share in the traditionally tough market where Japanese hardware and software vendors dominate, he said. On the consumer side of the business, customer reaction to Windows Vista as been "good overall," said Walt Mayo, corporate director of Dell Japan's home and business sales division. "In Japan, the last quarter was very soft," he said. "Dell did quite well and we think [the softness] was due to consumers waiting for Vista." Last week, Dell reported profits of $673 million for its fourth quarter, which runs from December to February. The numbers, which are provisional, are sharply lower than the $1 billion it made in the same period a year earlier. Revenue was also lower. It fell to $14.9 billion from $15.2 billion in the same period a year earlier. The company has reported only provisional earnings for the last three quarters due to an ongoing investigation by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York into its accounting practices, it said. In January,Â Kevin Rollins resignedÂ as Dell's CEO and Michael Dell came back to the position. Merritt said he thinks Dell's return to the company that bears his name will help "reinvigorate Dell and bring a fresh approach." Â
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InfoWorld - Targeting Unix archrivals Hewlett-Packard and Sun Microsystems, IBM on Friday topped off the high end of its Power 5-based line of iSeries and pSeries servers, rolling out three systems all capable of hosting as many as 250 virtual servers on a single machine.
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For the first time, quarterly revenues of Linux servers have exceeded $1 billion, according to a report from IDC. While Linux sales accounted for just 9.2 percent of the $11.5 billion in servers sold in the
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Server maker Dell Inc is trying to steal some headlines away from Sun Microsystems Inc, which is launching its Solaris 10 Unix operating system, by debuting its reentry into the server blade market, the PowerEdge 1855.
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InfoWorld - Continuing its steady push to win over the hearts and wallets of midsize companies, IBM on Tuesday is rolling out two lower-priced Unix-based servers that will go head-to-head with offerings from archrivals Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard.
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Factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew at 6.9 percent year over year to 11.5 billion US dollars in the second quarter of 2004, according to a report released Friday by IDC.
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IBM, HP, Sun and Dell lead the market, which saw 7.7 percent revenue growth in the second quarter, compared with a year earlier.
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Dell (Dell:Nasdaq - news - research) and Microsoft (MSFT:Nasdaq - news - research) are partnering to develop and sell software that makes it easier for large businesses to manage their servers, the two companies announced Monday.
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August 26, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Research and analysis firm Gartner  said on Wednesday that global sales of servers surpassed $11.
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Dell has cut prices on a number of products geared to enterprises. The PowerEdge 4600 dual-processor server price tag has been trimmed by about 22 percent, now starting as low as $4,194.
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Quarterly sales of servers running Linux have topped US$1 billion for the first time. According to analyst company IDC, sales during the third quarter of 2004 hit $1.06
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AUSTIN, Texas _ Dell Inc. expanded its share of the personal-computer market in the third quarter, taking advantage of its traditionally strong commercial sales in the period to extend its lead over rival Hewlett-Packard Co.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Dell is winning over Wall Street again - but some of its customers remain unhappy with the beleaguered PC giant. Dell on Thursday reported preliminary revenue of $14.8 billion for the quarter ended Aug. 3, up from $14.1 billion a year ago. The No. 2 PC maker also conceded that a shortage of laptop parts continues to prevent it from filling some orders.
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IBM widened its lead last year in the US market for Internet hosting services as it won a greater share of the midsize-business market, according to data recently published by market researcher IDC.
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MARKET RESEARCH firm IDC said that revenues in the worldwide server market grew by 5.5 per cent in the third quarter of this year, valued at $11.5 billion.