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Overall Certified Workstation Growth Was More Disappointing Than Expected in the First Quarter of 2015, According to IDCAccording to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker, the overall certified workstation market experienced disappointing growth in the first quarter of 2015 (1Q15) after seven consecutive quarters of strong growth. Worldwide shipments for the quarter recorded a year-over-year decline of -1.7%, less than forecast projected growth of 2.4%. Overall shipments fell to 838,400 compared to 858,667 in the same quarter a year ago. Regional Highlights Emerging markets continued to perform better than developed markets with a quick turnaround in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) region after a decline of -15.2% year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2014. MEA was the fastest growing region in 1Q15 with 11.0% year-over-year growth and gained global market share of 0.5 points sequentially and 0.3 points year-over-year. For the first time in five consecutive quarters, the Latin America region was not able to achieve double-digit growth although it did post solid growth of 4.9% year-over-year. With the regional market accounting for 2.6% of the global market, Peru is among the market-driven countries in the region growing significantly at 33.5% year over year and gaining remarkable 2.4 points of share year over year and 5.0 points sequentially. The Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region accounted for 16.9% of global share and was the second fastest growing region with year-over-year growth of 10.3%, its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. As expected, growth in both China and India slowed year-over-year and China lost 7.1 points of share sequentially. The rest of the world, including Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, Japan, the United States, and Western Europe, accounted for 77.4% of worldwide shipments and declined -4.6% year over year in 1Q15. Japan declined the most at -16.3% year over year, its third consecutive quarter of double-digit decline. "For years IT professionals were faced with a choice between high-end PCs or certified workstations with hardware that was optimized for running professional applications in a niche market," said Ebenezer Obeng-Nyarkoh, Senior Research Analyst, Worldwide Trackers Group. "However, with increasing demand for high performance, graphic capabilities, and greater reliability, we believe ISV-certified workstations are positioned to move into the mainstream." Vendor Highlights - Desktop Workstations
HP remained the leading vendor in the desktop workstation market accounting for 46.6% of the market, its highest share since 4Q13. Despite its third consecutive quarter of year-over-year decline, HP ended the quarter gaining 2.0 and 0.3 points of share sequentially and year-over-year, respectively Dell (News - Alert) remained the number 2 desktop workstation vendor despite its first decline in market share after seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year net gains. Declining -6.8% year over year, its second consecutive quarter of declining shipments, Dell accounted for 35.3% of the global market, losing 0.9 points of share compared to a year ago and 0.3 points sequentially. Lenovo was the only vendor ending the quarter with positive growth and it continued to outperform the overall market with its sixth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth. With a remarkable year-over-year share gain of 2.1, Lenovo ended the quarter with 11.2% of share and maintained the number 3 spot. Other vendors accounted for the remaining 6.8% share of the desktop market and notable among them were the Japanese vendors Fujitsu (News - Alert) and NEC. Together, the two vendors declined -22.2% year-over-year. An interactive graphic showing the worldwide market share for the top 5 desktop workstation vendors over the previous five quarters is available here. The chart is intended for public use in online news articles and social media. Instructions on how to embed this graphic can be found by viewing this press release on IDC.com. IDC's (News - Alert) Worldwide Quarterly Workstation Tracker is a quantitative tool for analyzing global workstation market on a quarterly basis. The Tracker includes quarterly shipments and values for both Desktop and Mobile Workstation, segmented by vendor, application, product family, model, region, operating system, and price band. About IDC Trackers IDC Tracker products provide accurate and timely market size, vendor share, and forecasts for hundreds of technology markets from more than 100 countries around the globe. Using proprietary tools and research processes, IDC's Trackers are updated on a semiannual, quarterly, and monthly basis. Tracker results are delivered to clients in user-friendly excel deliverables and on-line query tools. The IDC Tracker Charts app allows users to view data charts from the most recent IDC Tracker products on their iPhone and iPad. The IDC Tracker Chart app is also available for Android Phones and Android Tablets. About IDC International Data Corporation (IDC) is the premier global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications, and consumer technology markets. With more than 1,100 analysts worldwide, IDC offers global, regional, and local expertise on technology and industry opportunities and trends in over 110 countries. IDC's analysis and insight helps IT professionals, business executives, and the investment community to make fact-based technology decisions and to achieve their key business objectives. Founded in 1964, IDC is a subsidiary of IDG, the world's leading technology media, research, and events company. To learn more about IDC, please visit www.idc.com. Follow IDC on Twitter (News - Alert) at @IDC. All product and company names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
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