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Technology Stocks : Hewlett-Packard (HPQ)
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To: PCSS who wrote (2051)10/28/2002 12:51:34 PM
From: Dave B   of 4345
 
DJ Dataquest Notes Growth In Market For Servers and PDAs

SAN JOSE (Dow Jones)--Gartner Inc.'s (IT, ITB) Dataquest unit said the worldwide server market and the market for personal digital assistants grew in the third-quarter.

In a press release Monday, the research and advisory firm said third-quarter server shipments rose 3.1% to 1.1 million from 1.07 million last year.

The company said Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) continued to lead the pack with about 30% of the worldwide server market, followed by Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) with 19.2%. International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) rounded out the top three suppliers with 13.9% of the market.

Dell dominated the U.S. server market with 26.3% of the market. Hewlett-Packard accounted for 25.9% and IBM trailed with an 11.7% market share.

Dataquest also said worldwide PDA shipments rose 0.9% to 2.6 million for the quarter, while shipments for the first three quarters are down 8.3% from the same period last year.

Palm Inc. (PALMD) continues to lead the market for PDAs with 30.6% of the worldwide market, followed by Hewlett-Packard with 14.4% and Sony with 13%. Handspring Inc.'s (HAND) share of the world market for PDA's fell sharply, to 3.8% in the third quarter, from 13.5% last year.

As for PDAs in the U.S., Palm had 39.4% of the market, followed by Sony with 18.7% and Hewlett-Packard with 14.8%. Handspring had 6.2% of the U.S. market in the third quarter, down from 22.5% for the same period last year.

-Jacquie Jordan; Dow Jones Newswires; 201-938-5400

(END) DOW JONES NEWS 10-28-02

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