Just a quick one.
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GartnerGroup's Dataquest Says Latin American Server Shipments
Surpassed 38,000 Units in Third Quarter; New Program Tracks All
Vendors and Server Platforms in the Region
Monday December 13 8:15am
Source: BusinessWire
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 13, 1999--As Latin
American small businesses try to become more efficient, many companies
are turning to servers. During the third quarter of 1999, server
shipments in Latin America surpassed 38,000 units, according to
Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE:IT).
"As businesses in Latin America continue their technological
adoption and their interactions with the local and global markets, the
need for server systems with the latest technologies will increase,"
said Lillian Alvarado, industry analyst for Dataquest's Server
Quarterly Statistics Latin America program. "Given the growing power
of entry-level servers, these systems will continue to have a dominant
role for small businesses throughout the region."
Compaq was the No. 1 vendor in the region based on shipments,
while IBM was the No. 1 vendor based on revenue (see Tables 1 and 2).
The top three vendors dominated the market, accounting for 54 percent
of total shipments in the region and more than 71 percent of server
revenue for the third quarter of 1999.
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Table 1
Latin American Server Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates,
Third Quarter 1999 (Units)
Company Shipments Market Share (%)
Compaq 10,286 26.9
IBM 6,286 16.4
Hewlett-Packard 4,214 11.0
Dell 1,893 4.9
Acer 960 2.5
Others 14,662 38.3
Total 38,301 100.0
Source: Dataquest (December 1999)
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"One of the reasons the major vendors are doing well is because
of the services they provide to their customers," Ms. Alvarado said.
"They provide not only technical support on the hardware, but they
also help with software and provide integral and specific solutions to
the needs of each business."
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Table 2
Latin American Server Vendor Revenue Estimates,
Third Quarter 1999 (Millions of U.S. Dollars)
Company Revenue Market Share (%)
IBM 95.9 28.2
Compaq 79.5 23.4
Hewlett-Packard 68.4 20.1
Sun Microsystems 24.0 7.0
Unisys 22.8 6.7
Others 49.6 14.6
Total 340.2 100.0
Source: Dataquest (December 1999)
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Brazil leads the region, representing 35 percent of server
revenue and 32 percent of server shipments. Mexico is No. 2 with 19
percent of server revenue and 20 percent of server shipments.
Argentina followed with 14 percent of revenue and 12 percent of
shipments in the third quarter.
This information is part of Dataquest's recently launched Server
Quarterly Statistics Latin America program. This program surveys the
leading worldwide and local server makers in Latin America. This
program offers the most detailed and timely data and analysis on the
Latin America server market. "Our new all-platforms server program
offers a unique and substantial value to vendors, distributors and in
general the IT community," said Luis Anavitarte, senior industry
analyst and manager for Latin American research for Dataquest.
To subscribe to this program, please call 800-419-DATA, or
408-468-8009. More information about Dataquest's programs,
descriptions of recent research reports, and full text of press
releases can be found on the Internet at dataquest.com.
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