Report: IBM #1 in Worldwide Server Revenue for 2006, According to Analyst Report

Market Wire, February, 2007

IDC reported today that IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues to hold the number one position in worldwide server revenue share with 32.8 percent revenue share for 2006 [1].

IBM's leadership position in global server revenue in 2006 was augmented by noteworthy revenue growth in its System z(TM) mainframe business [2].

In 2006, IBM introduced the System z Business Class mainframe, teamed with industry leaders such as Oracle and SAP to drive innovation on the platform, and extended its customer base and drove new workloads onto the platform through specialty processors for Linux® and Java(TM) workloads.

"Innovation and collaboration with clients drives leadership in systems, which is one of the key reasons why IBM continues to lead in server revenue share," said Bill Zeitler, senior vice president and group executive for IBM Systems & Technology Group. "We believe there are areas that continue to be underserved by innovation, such as small and medium size businesses, which will be a focus for IBM in 2007."

According to IDC, IBM also grew revenue with its System x business by 6 percent YTY in 2006 [3]. IBM led the year in blades with 40 percent of blade revenue share for 2006 [4]. IBM this year introduced two new high performance BladeCenter® systems, BladeCenter H and BladeCenter HT, which allow data to travel up to 10 times faster than previously possible across corporate networks with 1Gb equipment.

IBM also maintained its leadership in UNIX® servers with 32.0% percent server revenue share in 2006 [5].

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[1] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 4Q06, issued on
    February 26, 2007
[2] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 4Q06, issued on
    February 26, 2007
[3] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 4Q06, issued on
    February 26, 2007
[4] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 4Q06, issued on
    February 26, 2007
[5] IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, 4Q06, issued on
    February 26, 2007

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