Gartner Says Worldwide Server Shipments Grew 1.5 Percent in
the First Quarter of 2012 While Revenue Declined 1.8
Percent
STAMFORD, Conn., May 30, 2012- Worldwide server
shipments grew 1.5 percent in the first quarter of 2012,
while server revenue declined 1.8 percent year over year,
according to Gartner, Inc.
"The first quarter of 2012 produced relatively weak
shipment growth on a global level with a variation in
results by region," said Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice
president at Gartner. "All regions showed growth in server
shipments except Western Europe which posted a decline of
6.4 percent. In terms of revenue, Asia/Pacific, Middle
East/Africa, and Western Europe posted declines. These
results are not that surprising considering the current
variations in regional economic conditions."
"x86 servers forged ahead and grew 1.7 percent in units in
the first quarter of 2012 and 5.6 percent in revenue.
RISC/Itanium Unix servers declined 5.7 percent in shipments
and dropped 15.2 percent in vendor revenue compared to the
same quarter last year. The 'other' CPU category, which is
primarily mainframes, showed a decline of 16.4 percent in
vendor revenue," Mr. Hewitt said.
From a regional standpoint, Eastern Europe grew the most
significantly in shipments with a 16.0 percent increase.
Japan posted the highest vendor revenue growth at 10.6
percent for the period.
IBM had the lead in the worldwide server market based on
revenue (see Table 1)--the company posted nearly $3.5
billion in server vendor revenue for a total share of 28.1
percent worldwide for the first quarter of 2012. IBM's
server revenue declined 7.2 percent. Most of IBM's revenue
contribution came from its pSeries brand with some
contribution by xSeries as well.
Among the top five global server vendors, Fujitsu was the
only company to post positive revenue growth (at 4.5
percent).
Table 1
Worldwide: Server Vendor Revenue Estimates, 1Q12 (U.S.
Dollars)
|
Company
|
1Q12
Revenue
|
1Q12 Market Share (%)
|
1Q11
Revenue
|
1Q11 Market Share (%)
|
1Q12-1Q11 Growth (%)
|
|
IBM
|
3,490,477,200
|
28.1
|
3,761,762,079
|
29.7
|
-7.2
|
|
HP
|
3,455,759,513
|
27.8
|
3,826,499,364
|
30.2
|
-9.7
|
|
Dell
|
1,857,578,951
|
14.9
|
1,892,881,243
|
14.9
|
-1.9
|
|
Oracle
|
739,825,931
|
5.9
|
798,599,723
|
6.3
|
-7.4
|
|
Fujitsu
|
618,818,853
|
5.0
|
591,959,434
|
4.7
|
4.5
|
|
Other Vendors
|
2,275,395,408
|
18.3
|
1,798,805,381
|
14.2
|
26.5
|
|
Total
|
12,437,855,857
|
100.0
|
12,670,507,223
|
100.0
|
-1.8
|
Source: Gartner (May 2012)
In server shipments, HP remained the worldwide leader in
the first quarter of 2012 (see Table 2) with relatively
flat shipment growth (-0.4 percent). This decline was
driven primarily by drops in HP's ProLiant and Integrity
brands. HP's worldwide server shipment share was 29.2
percent in the first quarter of 2012.
Fujitsu and Cisco were the two vendors among the top five
to experience server shipment growth in the first quarter
of 2012 (see Table 2).
In terms of server form factors, blade servers fell 1.3
percent in shipments and grew 5.6 percent in revenues for
the quarter. The rack-optimized form factor climbed 0.4
percent in shipments and fell 5.3 percent in revenue for
the first quarter of 2012.
Table 2
Worldwide: Server Vendor Shipments Estimates, 1Q12 (Units)
|
Company
|
1Q12
Shipments
|
1Q12 Market Share (%)
|
1Q11
Shipments
|
1Q11 Market Share (%)
|
1Q12-1Q11 Growth (%)
|
|
HP
|
685,015
|
29.2
|
687,502
|
29.7
|
-0.4
|
|
Dell
|
503,450
|
21.5
|
508,650
|
22.0
|
-1.0
|
|
IBM
|
267,556
|
11.4
|
272,238
|
11.8
|
-1.7
|
|
Fujitsu
|
86,360
|
3.7
|
76,648
|
3.3
|
12.7
|
|
Cisco
|
40,498
|
1.7
|
23,690
|
1.0
|
70.9
|
|
Other Vendors
|
763,205
|
32.5
|
742,970
|
32.1
|
2.7
|
|
Total
|
2,346,083
|
100.0
|
2,311,698
|
100.0
|
1.5
|
Source: Gartner (May 2012)
Additional information is available to subscribers of
Gartner's Servers Quarterly Statistics Worldwide program.
This program provides worldwide market size and share data
by vendor revenue and unit shipments. Segments include:
region, vendor, vendor brand, sub brand, CPU type, CPU
group, Max CPU, platform, price band, operating systems and
distribution channels.
Contact:
Christy Pettey
Gartner
+1 408 468 8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com
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