Server Market Q3 2012 – Falls 6% To $13.9 Billion

Server Market Highlights Q3 2012

• In the year to September 2012 the total server market dropped 7% to $57.5 billion
• HP led the market with a 23.9% share worth $13.7 billion
• Large companies accounted for 53.4%, Medium for 13.9% and Small for 30.7% of server spending
• The x86 server market fell 4% to $42.2 billion
• HP led the sector with a 28.8% share ($12.2 billion)
• In Q3 2012 the total server market fell 6% to $13.9 billion
• The x86 server market dropped 4% to $10.4 billion

IBM Leads The $25.5 Billion Server Virtualisation Market

Server Virtualisation Highlights Q2 2012

• IBM leads the overall market with a 34.1% share of the $25.5 Billion market
• HP leads the x86 market with 28.9% of the $12.0 Billion market
• RISC/Other processor types supporting mainly mainframe and Unix operating systems account for 53% of all virtualised servers
• x86 now accounts for 47%