Global servers market in Q4 2007

IBM held onto its #1 spot in the worldwide server systems market with 36.7% market share in factory revenue for Q4 2007, growing factory revenue by 0.5% YTY, according to IDC. HP maintained the #2 spot with 27.7% share for the quarter, growing revenue 6.3% compared to Q4 2006. Dell and Sun ended the quarter in a statistical tie for third place with factory revenue market share of 10.1% and 9.3% respectively. Dell experienced 6.8% revenue growth compared with Q4 2006, while Sun experienced a YTY revenue decline of 2.4% in Q4 2007. Fujitsu-Siemens, experienced a 7.1% increase in factory revenue holding 4.3% revenue share in Q4 2007. HP maintained the #1 spot in the server blade market in 4Q07 with 47.7% revenue share. IBM finished second with 32.5% revenue share.

Vendor Q4 2007 Revenue Q4 2007 Share Q4 2006 Revenue Q4 2006 Share Growth, YTY
IBM $5,752 36.7% $5,724 37.5% 0.5%
Hewlett-Packard $4,337 27.7% $4,081 26.7% 6.3%
Dell $1,580 10.1% $1,480 9.7% 6.8%
Sun $1,457 9.3% $1,493 9.8% -2.4%
Fujitsu Siemens $666 4.3% $ 622 4.1% 7.1%
Other $1,860 11.9% $1,875 12.3% -0.8%
Total $15,653 100.0% $15,275 100.0% 2.5%
Source: IDC