Japan's PC Server Shipments Rise 20.7 Pct. in First Half
October 16, 2000 (TOKYO) -- International Data Corp. Japan Ltd. (IDC Japan) on Oct. 13
released its report on trends in the domestic PC server market for the first half of 2000
(January to June).
According to the company, the Japanese market for PC servers grew significantly
during the period, with shipments increasing 20.7 percent over the same half of 1999 to
total 148,623 units. IDC Japan attributed the robust growth to an increase in
Internet-related demand for servers.
Looking at shipments by vendor, NEC Corp. shipped 33,600 PC servers for a leading
22.6 percent share of the domestic market, followed by Fujitsu Ltd. with a 14.5 percent
share, Compaq Computer KK with 12.8 percent and IBM Japan Ltd. in fourth with 11.2
percent of the market.
Dell Computer Corp. Japan, who remained stuck in seventh place for all of 1999, grabbed
10 percent of the market to take fifth place by shipping more entry-level machines.
Breaking down shipments by operating system, IDC Japan noted the solid growth of
the market for Linux-based PC servers. The Linux share was 3.7 percent in the first
quarter (January to March) and 4.4 percent in the second quarter (April to June) for a 4.0
percent share of PC server shipments during the entire first half.
IDC Japan predicts that the PC server market will grow at an average rate of 18.1 percent
in the years ahead to reach shipments of 605,000 units in 2004.
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(BizTech News Dept.) |
