Factory revenue in the worldwide server market grew 5.2% YTY to $15.2 bln in Q4 2006, marking the third consecutive quarter of positive growth. Worldwide server unit shipment growth was flat in Q4 2006 when compared with the year-ago period. For the full year 2006, worldwide server revenue grew 2.0% to $52.3 bln, while worldwide unit shipments grew 5.9% to 7.5 mln units. This represents the highest annual server revenue since the market peaked in 2000.
| Server market in Q4 2006 | |||||
| Q4 2006 | Q4 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Sales | Share | Sales | Share | YTY |
| IBM | $5,765 | 37.9% | $5,555 | 38.4% | 3.8% |
| Hewlett-Packard | $4,086 | 26.8% | $3,887 | 26.9% | 5.1% |
| Sun Microsystems | $1,473 | 9.7% | $1,184 | 8.2% | 24.4% |
| Dell | $1,425 | 9.4% | $1,392 | 9.6% | 2.4% |
| Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens | $623 | 4.1% | $606 | 4.2% | 2.8% |
| Others | $1,847 | 12.1% | $1,840 | 12.7% | 0.4% |
| All Vendors | $15,218 | 100.0% | $14,463 | 100.0% | 5.2% |
| Source: IDC | |||||