Server markt daalt verder door meer VM en Cloud gebruik
De server markt daalde in het derde kwartaal met 5,8 procent in omzet door meer gebruik van virtual machines (VMs) op bestaande x86-servers in plaats van nieuwe te kopen. Ook het toenemend gebruik van cloud diensten drukt de server markt. Dit meldt onderzoeksbureau Gartner.
Alleen Cisco wist als enige top-5 leverancier te groeien met zijn UCS servers (foto). HPE zag de omzet met 11,8 procent en Dell met 7,9 procent dalen. Lenovo zag de verkoop met 6,7 procent dalen en IBM met 33 procent. Cisco is nu vier na grootste server leverancier.
In de EMEA regio daalde de server omzet met 9,7 procent. HPE leidt de EMEA markt met 16,4 procent. Daarna volgen Dell, Lenovo, IBM en Cisco.
Huwei, Inspur en odm-leveranciers deden het goed en groeiden verder in de markt.
Table 1
Worldwide: Server Vendor Revenue Estimates, 3Q16 (U.S. Dollars)
Company |
3Q16 Revenue |
3Q16 Market Share (%) |
3Q15 Revenue |
3Q15 Market Share (%) |
3Q15-3Q16 Growth (%) |
HPE |
3,247,087,045 |
25.5 |
3,682,417,477 |
27.3 |
-11.8 |
Dell |
2,227,185,685 |
17.5 |
2,419,231,403 |
17.9 |
-7.9 |
Lenovo |
994,447,261 |
7.8 |
1,065,664,119 |
7.9 |
-6.7 |
Cisco |
929,440,000 |
7.3 |
885,600,000 |
6.6 |
5.0 |
IBM |
889,723,595 |
7.0 |
1,327,761,197 |
9.8 |
-33.0 |
Others |
4,426,866,909 |
34.8 |
4,120,053,348 |
30.5 |
7.4 |
Total |
12,714,750,495 |
100.0 |
13,500,727,543 |
100.0 |
-5.8 |
Note: Beginning in the second quarter of 2016, HPE's server sales in China are reflected in H3C.
Source: Gartner (November 2016)
HPE secured the No 1 position in server shipments in the third quarter of 2016, with 18.3 percent of the market (see Table 2). Despite a decline of 9.8 percent, Dell secured the second spot with 16.8 percent market share. Huawei and Inspur were the only vendors in the top five to increase server shipments in the third quarter of 2016.
Table 2
Worldwide: Server Vendor Shipment Estimates, 3Q16 (Units)
Company |
3Q16 Shipments |
3Q16 Market Share (%) |
3Q15 Shipments |
3Q15 Market Share (%) |
3Q15-3Q16 Growth (%) |
HPE |
493,268 |
18.3 |
613,101 |
22.2 |
-19.5 |
Dell |
452,383 |
16.8 |
501,262 |
18.1 |
-9.8 |
Lenovo |
228,097 |
8.5 |
242,005 |
8.8 |
-5.7 |
Huawei |
163,355 |
6.1 |
134,163 |
4.9 |
21.8 |
Inspur Electronics |
119,943 |
4.5 |
99,417 |
3.6 |
20.6 |
Others |
1,234,567 |
45.9 |
1,172,725 |
42.4 |
5.3 |
Total |
2,691,613 |
100.0 |
2,762,672 |
100.0 |
-2.6 |
Note: Beginning in the second quarter of 2016, HPE's server sales in China are reflected in H3C.
Source: Gartner (November 2016)
Additional information is available to clients who have access to Gartner's Servers Quarterly Statistics. This database provides worldwide market size and share data by vendor revenue and unit shipments. Segments include region, vendor, vendor brand, subbrand, CPU type, CPU group, max CPU, platform, price band, operating system and distribution channel.