HP leads in APAC x86 blade server factory revenues

BANGALORE: HP extended its lead in the x86 blade server revenues in Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) in CY Q2, 2007 according to industry analyst firm IDC . The company increased its lead as the No. 1 x86 blade server vendor in CYQ2, 2007 with 41.3 percent total factory revenue share, a year-over-year factory revenue growth rate of 85.2 percent.  HP also consolidated its leadership position in unit shipments share by capturing 44.7 percent of the market in the same period.

In CYQ2, 2007, HP maintained the No.1 position in x86 server shipments for 21 consecutive quarters (since CYQ2, 2002) securing 30.3 percent unit shipments share of the market. In addition, HP led in factory revenue terms across key server segments capturing 30.4 percent share of Windows servers, 30.4 percent of Linux servers and 80.8 percent of EPIC (Itanium) servers sold in Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) region in Q2 2007.

In the Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) total disk storage market, HP ranked No. 1 in terabytes shipments with 23.0 percent market share. HP maintained leadership position in terabytes shipments with 19.9 percent market share in the external disk storage market.