IDC: Server Sales Declining

As per recent data published by Interactive Data Corp. (IDC), third quarter server sales show a steep decline. The company also stated that the market has stabilized and is in a revival phase. For the 2009 July-September quarter, factory revenue of the worldwide server market declined 17.3% to $10.4 billion.

Among the major server manufacturers, IBM (IBM - Analyst Report) is the best performer for the quarter. The company increased its revenue market share to 31.8%, although sales declined by 12.9% to $3.3 billion. Hewlett-Packard (HPQ - Analyst Report) was second despite the 16.8% revenue decline, increasing its market share marginally to 30.9%. Dell Inc. (DELL - Analyst Report), with a market share of 13.5% secured the third position, although the company witnessed a revenue decline of 6.8%.

Sun Microsystems Inc (JAVA) occupies the fourth place but continues to struggle as a result of the prolonged delay in its takeover by Oracle Corporation (ORCL - Analyst Report). As per the findings of the research firm, both IBM and DELL are slowly taking away marketshare from Sun.

The research firm expects total server revenue for the fourth quarter to decline by 12.0%. The projected decline in overall server revenue indicates might a negative quarter for IT majors like Dell and HP, who have launched new servers during the last quarter.

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