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IBM Maintains Lead in Server Market Johannesburg - Wednesday, 12 November 2008 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) continues to rank number one in worldwide server revenue market share according to recently released reports by leading independent research firms, Gartner and IDC. Gartner reported that IBM had widened its lead over competition in the second quarter of 2008 capturing 31.2 percent of all server revenue worldwide. The research firm said IBM's server leadership was driven by Power Systems and System z. Power Systems captured 35.7 percent revenue share. All IBM brands in Gartner's over $250 000 server category combined to capture 59.7 percent revenue share. According to the IDC, IBM's share of the server market revenue in the second quarter stood at 33.2 percent - surpassing HP with a 5.8 percent gap. IBM also topped the industry with a 27 percent revenue growth in overall servers. The IDC also noted that IBM ranked number one across all UNIX servers, IDC's server category of $250 000 or more, and the $10 000 or more price point. The firm said IBM's $250 000 plus servers and IBM System z beat the competition with a 37 percent and 24.8 percent revenue share respectively taking 61.8 percent of industry's total revenue share. For IDC's category of $10 000 or more, IBM obtained 48.4 percent revenue share, whereas Gartner put IBM's share at 45.4 percent. "IBM maintained the lead across all geographies, which puts us in a great position to continue creating value for our customers in the Sub Saharan Africa market," said Zoaib Hoosen, IBM's Director of Systems and Technology Group, in the Sub Saharan Africa region. IBM recently launched its next generation mainframe for mid-sized businesses, the IBM z10 "Business Class" (z10 BC) with the capacity of up to 232 x86 servers and 83 percent smaller footprint, and up to 93 percent lower energy costs. Companies in emerging markets (such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, Angola and Tanzania, among others) or in hot industries (such as social networking or mobile commerce) - can now afford IBM's flagship mainframe technology for under $100,000 (about R1 million). Ends For more information: www.ibm.com For Media Enquiries: Nathi Sukazi IBM Communications +27 82 565 0205 +27 11 302 9442 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Regards, Ahmed Rahim System Z Technical support Group Technology (011) 500-6490 Fax 086 539 2113 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: 11 November 2008 06:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: "The Register" article on HP replacing z I don't know how accurate it is, but I found it interesting. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/11/11/hp_chases_mainframes/ -- John ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ******************** Nedbank Limited Reg No 1951/000009/06. The following link displays the names of the Nedbank Board of Directors and Company Secretary. [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/DirectorsNedbank.htm ] This email is confidential and is intended for the addressee only. The following link will take you to Nedbank's legal notice. [ http://www.nedbank.co.za/terms/EmailDisclaimer.htm ] ******************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
