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Gartner Dataquest Says Worldwide Server and Workstation Markets Had Mixed Results in Third Quarter 2000
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San Jose, Calif., November 2, 2000 - The worldwide server industry enjoyed a healthy third quarter in 2000, while the workstation market experienced modest growth in the quarter, according to preliminary statistics by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB). Worldwide server shipments surpassed 1 million units in the third quarter, which was an increase of 16.5 percent over the third quarter of 1999. Worldwide workstation totaled 381,835 units in the quarter, a 3.9 percent increase over the same period last year.
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The top three server vendors accounted for more than 58 percent of the total market in the third quarter (see Table 1). Compaq extended its lead in the market, as its market share topped 27 percent. Dell narrowed its gap with IBM for the No. 2 position, as Dell grew 41 percent in the quarter.
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"IBM's supply chain constraints were reduced during the third quarter, allowing it to address the backlog carried over from the previous quarter," said Jeffrey Hewitt, principal analyst for Gartner Dataquest's Servers Worldwide program. "Dell benefited from an aggressive marketing strategy on operating systems and advantageous price/performance ratios on lower-end systems."
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Table 1
Preliminary Worldwide Server Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q00 (Units)
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| Company |
3Q00
Shipments
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3Q00 Market
Share (%)
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3Q99
Shipments
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3Q99 Market
Share (%)
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Growth (%)
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| Compaq |
275,777
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27.3
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229,865
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26.5
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20.0
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| IBM |
164,995
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16.4
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160,836
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18.6
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2.6
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| Dell |
150,414
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14.9
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106,614
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12.3
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41.1
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| Hewlett-Packard
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110,090
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10.9
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110,801
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12.8
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-0.6
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| Sun Microsystems
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72,006
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7.1
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41,765
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4.8
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72.4
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| Others
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235,560
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23.3
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216,011
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24.9
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9.1
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| Total Market
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1,008,842
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100.0
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865,892
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100.0
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16.5
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Source: Gartner Dataquest (November 2000)
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Although worldwide workstation shipments slowed in the second quarter of 2000 for many of the vendors because of memory supply issues, there were no such component challenges reported for the third quarter of 2000. Dell and Sun Microsystems were the only top-tier workstation vendors to have growth rates above the industry average (see Table 2).
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"Some vendors experienced minor shortages in graphics cards in the third quarter," said Pia Rieppo, principal analyst for Gartner Dataquest's Workstations Worldwide program. "However, overall, the industry is right on track for Gartner Dataquest's forecast 8 to 9 percent annual growth rate from 1999 to 2000."
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Table 2
Preliminary Worldwide Workstation Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q00 (Units)
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| Company |
3Q00
Shipments
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3Q00 Market
Share (%)
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3Q99
Shipments
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3Q99 Market
Share (%)
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Growth (%)
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| Dell |
90,000
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23.6
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63,658
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17.3
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41.4
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| Sun Microsystems |
81,500
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21.3
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74,491
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20.3
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9.4
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| Hewlett-Packard |
67,770
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17.8
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81,828
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22.3
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-17.2
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| Compaq
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51,530
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13.5
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49,628
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13.5
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3.8
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| IBM
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38,100
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10.0
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46,299
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12.6
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-17.7
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| Others
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52,935
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13.9
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51,480
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14.0
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2.8
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| Total Market
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381,835
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100.0
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367,384
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100.0
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3.9
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Source: Gartner Dataquest (November 2000)
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These results are preliminary at this time. Final statistics will be available soon to clients of Gartner Dataquest's Servers Quarterly Statistics program and Gartner Dataquest's Workstations Quarterly Statistics Worldwide program. These programs offer a comprehensive, global market information service that analyzes and documents the server and workstation industries.
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To subscribe to these programs, please call 800-419-DATA, or 408-468-8009. More information about Gartner Dataquest's programs, descriptions of recent research reports and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at
http://www.dataquest.com.
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