Gartner Says IBM, Sun, HP Gained in Server Sales
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - News), Sun Microsystems Inc. (NasdaqNM:SUNW - News) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ - News) all gained share in the U.S. computer server market during the first quarter, according to data released by Gartner Dataquest.
Compaq Computer Corp., which was purchased earlier this month by Hewlett-Packard, lost share, as did Dell Computer Corp. (NasdaqNM:DELL - News), Gartner said.
Computer servers are large, powerful computers that businesses use for enterprise-wide computing, such as managing databases and computer networks.
Gartner said IBM had 29.3 percent of the market at the end of the first quarter, up from 27.9 percent a year earlier. Sun had 23.6 percent, up from 21.4 percent a year earlier, and HP had 9.6 percent, up from 8.8 percent.
Dell, which makes servers based on microchips from Intel Corp. (NasdaqNM:INTC - News), accounted for 10.3 percent of server sales, down from 12.2 percent of the market. Compaq was 12.6 percent of the market, down from 13.9 percent a year earlier.
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