[August 31, 2010] IDC: Global Server Market Money Increases as Economy Recovers Tweet Aug 31, 2010 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market increased 11.0 percent year over year to $10.9 billion in the second quarter of 2010 (2Q10), according to International Data Corp. (IDC). According to a release, this is the second consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue growth and the fastest quarterly revenue growth since 2003, as market demand continued to improve around the world. Server unit shipments increased 23.8 percent year over year in 2Q10, improving slightly over the 23.0 percent year-over-year shipment growth reported in 1Q10 and representing the fastest year-over-year quarterly server shipment growth in more than five years. Volume systems experienced the sharpest improvement with year-over-year revenue increasing 31.7 percent, the third consecutive quarter of positive growth for the segment. Midrange server demand improved significantly with year-over-year growth of 15.6 percent, the segment's first positive growth in nine quarters and another sign of improving server market conditions. Demand for enterprise systems continued to be soft, as revenue declined 27.2 percent when compared to 2Q10. This is the seventh consecutive quarter of contraction in the enterprise server segment of the server market, most of which occurred during the economic downturn. "The server market is at a crossroads. This is the fourth consecutive quarter of improving server market demand and the fastest quarterly server revenue growth IDC has reported in more than 5 years," said Matt Eastwood, group vice president, Enterprise Platforms at IDC. "IDC continues to see widespread infrastructure refresh occurring across all geographies. While much of this refresh is occurring first in x86-based servers, IDC expects the recovery to extend to Unix and mainframe platforms in the second half of 2010. That said, it is clear that a wave of migration is also occurring as customers broaden their deployment of x86-based servers to a wider range of workloads." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]