5.5 million installed servers represent a crucial opportunity for vendors to improve sales in a saturated European server market, says IDC.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-25 January 2006-IDC: 5.5 million installed servers represent a crucial opportunity for vendors to improve sales in a saturated European server market, says IDC(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:25012006 LONDON -- A new IDC study has highlighted the fact that examining the server installed base and asset value is an increasingly important focus for effectively planning future sales into the mature Western European server market.

While there is still some scope for placing new types of machines into new locations, the vast majority of servers purchased in the Western European region are replacing existing systems. "The server replacement rate will rise slowly from 2005 to 2008, and will shift to a dramatic rise (2.5 million) by 2009,"...