IBM India registers highest growth in overall server market

By Our Convergence Bureau | 20 Sep 2003

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Mumbai: IDC''s Enterprise Server Tracker Report for 2Q 2003 indicates that IBM India recorded the highest revenue market share growth of 7-percentage points year-on-year, among all vendors in the overall servers market and grew by over 100 per cent to 3,455 units from 1,648 units (in 2Q 2002).

IBM also registered the highest revenue market share increase year-on-year in the RISC/Unix servers segment by 4.1-percentage points in 2Q 2003, as well as in the x86 servers (Intel Servers) segment, by 1.9-percentage points in 2Q 2003. This significant growth brings IBM closer to the top position by reducing the margin between the current leader and itself.

In 1H 2003, IBM India recorded a year-on-year revenue market share growth of 9.3-percentage points in the overall server market, the highest by any vendor in the country. IBM repeated this feat in the Unix and x86 server segments as well, with revenue market share growth of 7.7-percentage points and 8.1-percentage points year-on-year in 1H 2003. In 1H 2003 IBM grew by over 100 per cent to 7,039 units from 2,983 units (in 1H 2002).

Says IBM India vice-president and country manager (systems group) Swarup Choudhury: "IBM is the most comprehensive server company in the world. We will continue to set new standards for technology innovation and pursue open industry standards, to give our customers the end-to-end integrated and cost-effective solutions that they demand. In India we have gained considerable momentum, thus outperforming competition."

"IBM''s ability to provide a very broad portfolio of server solutions was one of the key underpinnings of its success," says Rajnish Arora, senior programme manager (enterprise servers and workstations), IDC Asia/Pacific. "Competitive pricing was pivotal to the strong performance of IBM''s eServer zSeries and xSeries businesses in the Asean and India region."

In the Asean region also, IBM gained traction across most server segments to total revenue market share of 35.9 per cent in 2Q 2003. IBM''s overall server revenue market share increased 6.9-percentage points year-on-year in 2Q 2003. IBM also grew revenue market share year-on-year in the RISC/Unix (5.6-percentage points) and x86 (4.2-percentage points) server segments in the region in 2Q 2003.

 

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