IBM gains ground on Dell and HP

BIG BLUE has managed to increase its server market share against Dell and HP. According to research released by Gartner, IBM's Unix server and mainframe sales fell, but the sales of its X86 increased by 11 per cent. This increased its overall market share by 0.7 per cent.

Most of the gain seemed to be at the expense of Dell and HP, the Big G says. Dell lost 1.3 per cent of its market share and HP lost 1.4 per cent.

High end server sales were flat, but the market got a boost from the lower end of the market which is the playground for Intel and AMD chips sales. This might explain why the likes of Dell are pushing their lower end servers and installing cheaper AMD chips in them.

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