As per IDC, IBM is the only vendor to attain a positive year-on-year revenue growth of 4.3% (Q1 2009 over Q1 2008) in the India non-x86 UNIX Server market. IBM also emerged as the leader in the India non-x86 UNIX Server market in terms of Factory Revenue in Q1 2009 (JFM 2009 quarter), as per IDC's Asia/Pacific Enterprise Server Tracker, Q1 2009, June 2009 release.
Though sales of servers showed a sharp decline in the fourth quarter of 2008 due to the economic slump, blade servers, with a shipment increase of 30 per cent, brought cheers to the server vendors, with HP continuing its leadership in the blade server category, with 47.3 per cent of blade shipments.
Indian server market experienced another year of growth with the UNIX server market taking leap. India's server market crossed $700 million factory revenue in 2007 with x86 Blade server shipments growing 103 per cent. Here, factory revenue represents dollars recognized by multi-user system and server vendors for ISS (initial server shipments) and upgrade units sold through direct and indirect channels.
Managing a growing business poses challenges, especially when it comes to managing the increased IT needs. Adding an additional server or two may help boost business operations....
HP has reported its worldwide blade server supremacy over its rivals. As per IDC, Q4 CY 2006 server market figure estimate, HP has garnered a factory revenue share of 41.9 per cent and 40.0 per cent in terms of units, which is more than ten times the growth of IBM in units and revenue year-over-year.
As the demand for technology is growing faster, the user is getting multiple products with various look-and-feel and functionality. Similarly, the server market is also showing the same trend. Today, if one asks for x86 servers, one gets a vista of options starting from hardware configuration to operating software and even the very look and feel.
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