Following 10 consecutive quarters posting positive annual growth, the EMEA server market ended 2005 with a revenue slowdown. Factory revenue generated by server sales declined by 4.4% in Q4 2005 over Q4 2004 in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, according to IDC. Unit shipments in EMEA, however, continued to show positive YTY growth at 11.6%. The total EMEA server market in Q4 2005 recorded factory revenue of $4.9 bln for an all-time high of 676,000 server system units shipped. The sub-regional analysis of the EMEA market shows major variations in performance between the regions. CEE continues to perform along a strong annual growth curve, recording 14.1% year-on-year factory revenue growth, while both MEA and WE saw server factory revenue decline by respectively 6.7% and 6.1%.
| Top server vendors in EMEA in Q4 2005 | |||||
| Q4 2005 | Q4 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Revenue, mln. $ | Share | Revenue, mln. $ | Share | YTY |
| IBM | $1,904 | 38.6% | $1,988 | 38.6% | -4.2% |
| HP | $1,485 | 30.1% | $1,373 | 26.6% | 8.1% |
| Sun | $455 | 9.2% | $523 | 10.1% | -13.0% |
| Dell | $362 | 7.4% | $334 | 6.5% | 8.6% |
| Fujitsu Siemens | $324 | 6.6% | $372 | 7.2% | -12.9% |
| Others | $396 | 8.0% | $564 | 10.9% | -29.8% |
| Total | $4,927 | 100.0% | $5,154 | 100.0% | -4.4% |
| Source: IDC | |||||