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Western Europe server sales down, again
RISC/Unix sad, Dell happy
The Western European server market continued to decline in the third quarter, as it did in the first half of the year. Unit shipments fell 7 per cent year on year from 3Q 2000, while revenues dropped 21 per cent year on year to $3.26 billion.
The figures, fresh in from Gartner Dataquest, show Compaq at the front of the pack Western Europe (and the UK), while Sun Microsystems took a big hit, down 48 per cent year on year.
According to analyst Karen Benson, revenues were dampened by intense pricing competition across all levels of the product spectrum. Users were more interested in maintaining their existing infrastructure, rather than splashing out on new kit, resulting in more upgrades and low-end implementations.
RISC/Unix-based systems took the biggest knock, with unit shipments dropping 36 per cent year on year. As expected, Dell was the only company to post a year-on- year market share increase, climbing up three points to 14 per cent.
In the UK, telecoms and finance companies zipped up their chequebooks as the server market dropped 21 per cent from last year. Most vendors got punished, with the exception of Dell, now claiming a quarter of the market.
Full unit shipment and market share details:
| Western European All Server Shipment Estimates for Q3 | ||||||
| Company | 3Q01 Shipments | 3Q01 Share (%) | 3Q00 Shipments | 3Q00 Share (%) | Q301/Q300 Growth (%) | Q301/Q201 Growth (%) |
| Compaq | 80,740 | 33% | 85,090 | 32% | -5% | -6% |
| IBM | 45,400 | 18% | 50,610 | 19% | -10% | -4% |
| Dell | 35,430 | 14% | 28,380 | 11% | 25% | -2% |
| HP | 30,570 | 12% | 34,370 | 13% | -11% | -11% |
| Fujitsu-Siemens | 18,850 | 8% | 20,900 | 8% | -10% | 7% |
| Sun Microsystems | 11,460 | 5% | 22,130 | 8% | -48% | -32% |
| Others | 25,340 | 10% | 25,070 | 9% | 1% | -3% |
| Total Western Europe | 247,790 | 100% | 266,550 | 100% | -7% | -6% |
| UK All Server Shipments Estimates for 3Q | ||||||
| Company | 3Q01 Shipments | 3Q01 Share (%) | 3Q00 Shipments | 3Q00 Share (%) | Q301/Q300 Growth (%) | Q301/Q201 Growth (%) |
| Compaq | 17,320 | 36% | 20,030 | 33% | -14% | 30% |
| Dell | 12,230 | 25% | 11,590 | 19% | 5% | 4% |
| IBM | 6,020 | 12% | 8,940 | 15% | -33% | 20% |
| HP | 3,530 | 7% | 6,740 | 11% | -48% | -7% |
| Sun Microsystems | 2,520 | 5% | 6,950 | 11% | -64% | -41% |
| Others | 6,620 | 14% | 6,810 | 11% | -3% | 32% |
| Total UK | 48,240 | 100% | 61,060 | 100% | -21% | 11% |
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