Overall new server shipments virtualised market standings, by vendor

Hewlett-Packard held onto its number 1 spot for worldwide new server shipments virtualised with 34 percent market share and 52 percent year-over-year growth. This growth was driven by a solid performance in sales of Intel-based processors.

Dell solidified its position as the number 2 vendor with its market share growing from 25 percent in 1Q08 to 29 percent in the second quarter, powered by 110 percent year-over-year growth.

Dell’s strong performance was driven by solid growth of Intel-based processors and a very strong performance from AMD-based sales. IBM remained in the third position with 16 percent market share. IBM achieved 32 percent year-over-year growth driven by a solid performance from its Power Systems servers. This was the first quarter in the last year in which IBM saw positive growth in its new RISC-based server shipments virtualised.

x86 virtualisation license market standings, by virtualisation platform

VMware grew its x86 server virtualization software business 27% year over year and maintained the number 1 position in the market with 78 percent revenue share in 2Q08. When looking at new x86 virtualization licenses, VMware continues to hold on to its strong position in the x86 market with a combined market share of VMware ESX and VMware Server at 44 percent. However, in its first quarter of general availability Microsoft Hyper-V delivered a strong showing, and when combined with Virtual Server 2005, Microsoft’s market share is 23 percent of new shipments.