Sun claims number one position in Non-X86/ Unix server market

BANGALORE: Sun Microsystems India announced that as per IDC's Asia-Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker,Q2 2006, August 2006, it has occupied a leadership position in the Non-x86/UNIX server market in Q2 2006 in India, with 56.6% market share by units and 38.1% market share by revenue. In the Non-x86/UNIX segment in India, Sun was the only vendor whose revenue share increased on a year-on-year basis in Q2 2006.

It is noteworthy to highlight that Sun was the fastest growing vendor in the High-end Enterprise and Midrange Enterprise segments of the non-x86 Unix server market in India in Q2 2006 on a year-on-year basis. Sun was also the #1 ranked vendor in the non-x86 Unix Midrange Enterprise server segment in India in Q2 2006.

Additionally, Sun continued to maintain its number three position in the India overall server market in Q2 2006 in terms of revenues. According to IDC, Sun ended Q2 2006 with a revenue share of 19% in terms of overall server market in India, up from 15.87% in Q2 2005.

"We have  maintained our position as the leading vendor in India Non-x86/UNIX server market for 6 years* now since 1999. Our systems continue to be favored by mission critical sectors such as Telecommunications, BFSI, and Service providers - enterprises that need to manage unpredictable user loads, in fast-changing networked environments," said Bhaskar Pramanik, president, India GEM, Sun Microsystems India.

"Our leadership position is the result of Sun's constant pursuit of technological excellence and innovations. Many of our customers are taking up the new Solaris servers we've introduced, and are using them as engines to run Solaris and Java based applications. Though our top customers segments continue to be Telecom, BFSI and IT/ITES markets, we have also seen wide adoption of our technologies in other growing segments like Retail, Government, Education & Research, Healthcare and Manufacturing", he added.

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