Blade servers were among the few bright spots in the global server market, which grew just half a percent in 2006’s third quarter reports vnunet.com. Sales totaled $13.1 billion.
While IBM held onto its lead, its market share dropped 3 percentage points to 30 percent, while Hewlett-Packard’s share grew 2.5 percentage points to 28.6 percent. Dell was third in the rankings and Sun Microsystems fourth, reports CNNMoney.com.
Microsoft Windows servers led in revenue, with 40.4 percent, up 9.7 percentage points to $5.3 billion. Linux servers grew 10.7 percentage points to $1.8 billion, making up 13.4 percent of the total.
Analysts say many companies are delaying buying high-end systems in anticipation of a new line of IBM servers.
Sales of blade servers grew, however, improving revenues by more than 41 percent over last year and taking in more than $1 billion for the first time.
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