Worldwide server shipments in 2007 increased 7.4% last year, while worldwide server revenue grew 3.8%, according to Gartner, Inc.
“The server market did exhibit growth for Q4 and for the year as a whole,” says Jeffrey Hewitt, research VP at Gartner. “In fact, Q4 climbed almost 11% in shipments and just under 3% in revenues in spite of the fact that there have been concerns about a slowdown due to downturns in certain economic sectors of particular geographies.”
“RISC-Itanium Unix servers fell on a global basis for 2007 at 13.8% in shipments but grew 1.7% in revenue for the year,” says Hewitt.
IBM continued to lead the worldwide server market based on revenue. In server shipments, Hewlett-Packard remained the worldwide leader for 2007. Of the top five global vendors, Dell, HP, IBM and Sun all had revenue increases for the year, while Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens was the only one to have a slight decline.
Of the top 10 vendors in server shipments worldwide, only three did not have shipment increases for the year—IBM, NEC and Sun.
WW Server Shipments, Estimate 2007 (Units)
| Company | 2007 Shipments | 2007 Market Share (%) | 2006 Shipments | 2006 Market Share (%) | 2006-2007 Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 2,636,522 | 29.8 | 2,261,091 | 27.5 | 16.6 |
| Dell | 1,894,837 | 21.4 | 1,783,445 | 21.7 | 6.2 |
| IBM | 1,282,638 | 14.5 | 1,293,825 | 15.7 | -0.9 |
| Sun Micro | 338,048 | 3.8 | 368,603 | 4.5 | -8.3 |
| Fujitsu/FSC | 292,486 | 3.3 | 256,796 | 3.1 | 13.9 |
| Other Vendors | 2,396,521 | 27.1 | 2,270,224 | 27.6 | 5.6 |
| Total | 8,841,052 | 100.0 | 8,233,984 | 100.0 | 7.4 |
