from the same study - that number is looking at only servers between 100,000 and 1 Million. Sun is obviously very strong in the unix workstation/server market below 100K and with the Starfire (over 1 M) Sun markets a 4 way 450 server as both a workstation and enterprise server, since unlike wintel it functions as both - HP is becoming more and more weak and its real focus on NT means its coming to a gun fight with a pocket knife.
Sun Surges Ahead in Server Market, Commands First Place for Total UNIX Server Shipments
Sun Tops Three Server Market Categories and Posts 75 Percent Growth Rate for Shipments, According to International Data
Corporation
PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 27, 1998-- Sun Microsystems, Inc. has reached a major milestone, capturing UNIX(R) server market leadership by
outranking all competitors in UNIX server shipments for 1997, according to new data released by International Data Corporation (IDC). IDC reports Sun jumped from
number three to number one in the UNIX server market for total units shipped, in the process dethroning the tied leaders from the previous year, IBM and
Hewlett-Packard (H-P).
Further illustrating Sun's explosive growth in the server market, the company achieved a 75 percent year-over-year increase in total server shipments, according to
IDC. Sun's momentum in this market roundly outpaced total unit shipment growth by competitors IBM (27 percent), H-P (40 percent) and Compaq (45 percent) for
calendar year 1997 (CY97). |
