IBM Leads Global Server Market in Q4 2011

From CIO Zone: By Jim Finnan | March 5th 2012

IBM continues to dominate in the hardware, software, and services markets they compete in as evidenced by the release of a new report from Gartner. The global growth of cloud computing and the slowing PC market have forced companies like IBM to focus on growth markets and IBM has been quick to shift courses in recent years.

According to the  report IBM leads the Global server market in Q4 of 2011. IBM was proud to pick up on the Gartner report and confirmed the No. 1 position as the leading server vendor in the fourth quarter of 2011. They recorded 33.7% of the total server revenue in this market.

On an annual basis for 2011 IBM recorded 30.5% of the revenue share, 1.5% more than rival HP. The Gartner report also noted that IBM retained the #1 position in the Unix server market winning 52.8% of market share in the fourth quarter. IBM grew quarterly revenue by 17% year-over-year with IBM Power Systems taking the top position.

For the full year of 2011, IBM led the Unix server market, with an impressive 45.9% market share coming from a gain of 6.9% over 2010. IBM grew Unix revenue by 23% over 2010, according to Gartner.

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