IDC 2013 Q4 x86 server Shipments report: HP

"Tenkine Server channel February 14 News" IDC latest release 2013 http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/30439.html "> fourth quarter Global Server Shipments report shows that IBM's x86 server market share plunged 20.3% after it sold the x86 product line to Lenovo. Dell's x86 server market share is falling, regardless of IBM's market share, largely due to the shrinking of the business as a result of Dell's privatisation last year.

Meanwhile, HP achieved two consecutive quarters of growth in the fourth quarter of 2013, following a eight-quarter decline in shipments. HP 2013 the fourth quarter of the x86 server global shipments grew 9% year-on-year, the number of shipments ranked first. In terms of market share, HP's market share is 29.9%, Dell's market share is 21.1%,IBM's market share is 8.8%, Cisco's market share is 3%.

IDC's 2013 Q4 x86 server market share analysis reports to some extent reflects the 2013-year server market changes. 2013, Dell completed the privatization of a fully transformed enterprise-class business. IBM ended up selling the x86 server product line to Lenovo, and IBM was leaving the x86 server market and turning to power minicomputer. So in 3721.html ">2014 years, the pattern of the x86 server market began to change. HP is in the top position, followed by Dell, which has leapt to the third place through the 10246.html > acquisition of IBM's x86 business.

The current server market is already in the Red Sea, the manufacturer's gross margin has been very low. If the server manufacturer is still holding the idea of shipping volume to compete in the market, it will undoubtedly face great challenges. Through the traditional PC market we can also see the future changes in the server market, Lenovo has become the boss of the PC market. If you look at the future server market in terms of shipments, Lenovo may overtake Dell or HP in the near future to take the top spot on shipments.