Australia bucks server downturn
- 08 September, 2009 09:49
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Server shipments continue to plunge, but there is some good news for vendors in Australia, according to analyst firm, Gartner.
In the second quarter of 2009, Asia-Pacific experienced a 17.2 per cent year-on-year decline in server shipments. Server vendor revenue was also down 15 per cent over the same period to $US1.71 billion. However, the Government stimulus plan allowed Australia to buck the trend and chalk up revenue decline of just 2.5 per cent. Revenue also doubled between Q1 and Q2, 2009.
In a statement, Gartner said it expected Australia’s stimulus plan would continue to benefit the server market, with improved business confidence further driving demand in the second half of the calendar year.
Dell was the only vendor to see an increase in revenue, up to $US209.2 million from $US190m in Q2 2008, which also led to a market share increase from 9.5 per cent to 12.2 per cent.
IBM remained the number one vendor with 39.2 per cent market share, up from 38.4 per cent. This was despite experiencing a revenue drop from $771.4m to $US669.7m.
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Anonymous
So many numbers, you think they would get this right?
The stimulus package has nothing to do with increased server sales.
Can you show a single stimulus package project that has resulted in volume server sales that isnt just EOFY Government standard budgeting? Most of the stimulus has gone into people and client projects.
And how can you put Dell and IBM server sales in the same article? IBM holds a market lead, but that lead comes from big iron that Dell doesnt compete in. More realistic to compare to HP and Sun.Break the mainframe and X86 market up for a true reflection.
Dell is increasing it's market because it is taking out the X86 1,2,4 and soon to be 6 way category with it's simplification strategies. Look at government where it now virtually owns the category.
The real news here is the commoditisation of the category. The market is now seeing you dont need to pay a fortune or have armies of consultants for Server and Storage and both IBM and Dell are proving that.
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