IBM, Sun, H-P Gain Market Share in Servers, Gartner Study Finds
By: William M. Bulkeley, Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
ARMONK, N.Y. -- Gartner Dataquest's survey of U.S. market share for server computers found that Sun Microsystems (NasdaqNM: SUNW - News) Inc. (SUNW), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co . (HPQ) each gained share in the first quarter, according to data released by IBM.
During the period, Dell Computer Corp. (DELL) and Compaq Computer (CPQ - News) Corp. each lost share in the market for computers that sit at the heart of networks of other computers. Servers range from giant mainframes to small departmental e- mail servers.
According to the survey, the server market fell 8.7% to $3.92 billion from $ 4.29 billion in the quarter.
IBM remained No. 1 overall, with a 29.3% share in revenue, up 1.3 points; Sun was No. 2 with 23.6%, up 2.2 points. H-P rose 0.8 point to 9.6% while Compaq, which it has acquired, fell 1.3 points to 12.6%. The combined companies would have 22.2% of the market, making it a close No. 3. Dell's share fell 1.9 points to 10.3%, according to Gartner Dataquest.
In Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM: INTC - News) (INTC) servers, Dell remained No. 1 with a 27.5% share, down two points, while Compaq was No. 2 with a 24.6% share. The Intel server market fell 18% to $1.46 billion from $1.77 billion in the quarter.
Gartner Dataquest calculated that Linux server sales rose 79% to $235.9 million in the quarter, with IBM leading the field with a 34.4% share, up 19 points. Dell, which had a 52% share in Linux a year ago fell to second with a 22% share.
-William M. Bulkeley, The Wall Street Journal; 617-654-6704 |
