CPQ maintains lead in Middle East by: RichardH98 (38/M/Texas) Long-Term Sentiment: Strong Buy 01/08/02 05:47 pm Msg: 267760 of 267806 Compaq Computer Middle East announced that it has retained the first market position for PC servers in the Middle East. Compaq's market share for PC servers in the third quarter was 50.2 percent in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which is more than the combined market share of all other competitors.
According to statistics released by industry research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), Compaq's market share stands at 48.2 percent in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and at 20.3 percent in Egypt.
This comes on the heals of a global announcement, where Compaq Computer was found to have regained the top spot in North America, Latin America, Asia Pacific, the Middle East, Europe and Africa, highlighted by a gain of five percentage points in the United Kingdom, for industry-standard (Intel architecture) servers in the under $25,000 segment, a company press release announced. |