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Analysys International Says Growth Momentum Sustained for China's Server Market and HP Led the IA Server Market in Q3 2005

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 December 2005, 09:00 CST

BEIJING, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Analysys International, a leading third-party Internet-based business information service provider, says that the growth momentum of China's server market was sustained in Q3 2005 and HP led the IA server market in its recently released data report: Quarterly Tracker on China's Server Market 2005-Q3.

According to the study, China's overall server market kept on growing in the third quarter. Shipments had increased from 117.5 thousand sets in the second quarter to 125.7 thousand sets in Q3, with a quarterly growth rate of 7.0% and a growth rate of 18.6% compared with that of Q3 last year. Market revenue increased from US$529.2 million in the second quarter to US$539.7 million in Q3, with a quarterly growth rate of 2.0% and a growth rate of 3.2% compared with that of Q3 last year.

Among which, the IA server market showed a notable growth. Its shipments had reached 116.3 thousand sets in Q3 2005, with a growth rate of 18.6% over Q3 last year. HP led the IA server market with a market share of 23.4% followed by Dell with 20.3% and IBM with 19.2%, in terms of shipments this quarter. Thanks to the acceleration of new product launches and business development enhancements, HP achieved a fast growth in the blade server market as well as winning considerable revenue from telecom clients. Meanwhile, shipments of Dell and IBM respectively declined 5.0% and 0.5% over last quarter.

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In terms of market revenue for the overall server market, IBM still dominated the market with 40.4% followed by HP and Sun with 21.5% and 10.1%, respectively. Both IBM and HP had a slight decline in market share in terms of revenue over Q3 2004 but an increase over the last quarter; while Sun's market share in terms of revenue increased over both last quarter and Q3 2004.

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''The competition amongst server makers has intensified. When the international server makers are trying to encroach into the low-end market with their low-price strategy, China's local makers are trying to achieve breakthrough in middle & high-end markets. Homogeneity competition is a serious problem in the low-end server market; and blade servers are still playing the role of market hotspot with a related standard war continuing,'' says Yang Qingfeng, senior analyst from Analysys International, ''we think that market segmentations, products and services to meet user's specific and diversified demands are weapons to differentiate from the homogeneity competition in the server market. China's server makers should focus more on vertical markets such as education, government and SMEs; and international makers should enhance localization in aspects of channel and marketing strategies to thrust into the segmented market while maintaining the advantage of service and technology.''

Additional information is available in Analysys International's data report: Quarterly Tracker on China's Server Market 2005-Q3 available in Analysys International's website: http://english.analysys.com.cn/ .

About Analysys International:

Analysys International is the leading Internet based provider of business information about technology, media and the telecom industry in China with the mission to help their clients make better business decisions. They provide data, information and advice to 50,000 clients worldwide, representing 1,500 distinct organizations, deliver over 150 consulting engagements a year, and hold more than 20 events that draw in over 8,000 attendees. Their clients include executives from companies like technology vendors, vertical information technology users, as well as professionals from professional service companies, the investment community and government agencies. For more information, please visit the web site at http://english.analysys.com.cn/ .

For more information, please contact: Jessica Wang Tel: +86-10-6466-6565 x394 Email: jessica_wang@analysys.com.cn

Analysys International

CONTACT: Jessica Wang of Analysys International, +86-10-6466-6565 x394,or jessica_wang@analysys.com.cn

Web Site: http://english.analysys.com.cn/

Source: PRNewswire

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