IDC: mixed results for server revenues. (News: the latest news on enterprise computing).(Statistical Data Included)

Enterprise Systems Journal,  February, 2002  

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SERVER REVENUES have dropped 30 percent overall in the past year. But IBM has managed to grow in market share in several segments, especially the all-important mainframe arena.

According to IDC's "Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker," IBM's mainframe revenue grew nearly 21 percent year-over-year for the third quarter. But sales of servers over $1 million dropped 27 percent year-over-year. The worldwide Unix server market saw a 19-percent shrinkage in revenue, compared to 2000. IBM's share of this market grew, however, by 5.6 percentage points. Sun Microsystems Inc., the ...

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