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India Server Market crosses US$ 700 million factory revenue in calendar 2007
India x86 Blade Server shipments grow 103% in CY 2007 (over CY 2006)
India non-x86 Server market crosses US$ 300 million factory revenue in calendar 2007
New Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore/Chennai, April 6, 2008: According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker, 4Q 2007, March 2008 release, the overall India Server market has seen a healthy growth as customers continued to refresh and expand their IT infrastructures.
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During calendar year 2007 the overall India Server market factory revenue grew by 24% over calendar year 2006 to touch US$ 727 million* and unit shipments grew by 19% to 135,615 during the same period. Apart from traditional sectors like telecom, BFSI and manufacturing, 2007 also saw the emergence of retail and construction as key demand drivers.
Table 1: Overview of India Server Market
2007 Board Size Factory Revenue (US$ million)
2006 2007 Growth
Non-x86 Servers 251.8 313.2 24%
x86 Servers 334.6 414.1 24%
Total 586.4 727.3 24%
India x86 Server Market
During calendar year 2007, factory revenues of the India x86 Server
market grew by 24% over 2006 to touch USD 414 million*, while unit
shipments grew by 21% to 126,940 units during the same period.
HP emerged as the market leader in the
India x86 Server market with 33% share during 2007 both in terms of
factory revenue as well as unit shipments.
According to Amit Dalal, Asst. Manager,
Enterprise Computing Products Research, IDC India, "The blade server
market continued to be the hot segment for x86 servers during 2007.
The market was abuzz with initiatives from vendors like ramping up
of their product portfolios and education of customers through
events and contact programmes. These programmes demonstrated product
benefit themes like hot swapping, reducing redundancy and reduction
in cabling, power and space requirements.”
In 2007 the India x86 blade server
market recorded a growth of 103% over 2006 with 12,146 units
shipped. HP dominated the India x86 blade server market with 64% of
total x86 blade server shipments in 2007, followed by IBM with a 28%
share.
India non-x86 Server Market
Factory revenues of the India non-x86 Server market also grew by 24%
year-on-year to touch US$ 313 million* in 2007. IBM emerged as
market leader in the India non-x86 Server market with a 38% share in
2007 in terms of factory revenue.
The India non-x86 Server market was
driven by the expansion plans of major telecommunication service
providers and customers in the BFSI sector. This helped the India
non-x86 Server market to cross the US$ 100 million mark for the
first time in a single quarter during 4Q 2007 (October-December
2007).
IDC’s Server Taxonomy
IDC’s Worldwide Server Taxonomy maps the eleven price bands within
the server market into three price ranges: volume servers (servers
priced less than US$ 25,000), midrange enterprise servers (US$
25,000 to US$ 49,999) and high-end enterprise servers (US$ 50,000 or
more). The revenue data presented in this release is stated as
factory revenue to determine the market-share position. Factory
revenue represents dollars recognized by multi-user system and
server vendors for ISS (initial server shipments) and upgrade units
sold through direct and indirect channels and includes the following
embedded server components: Frame or cabinets and all cables,
processors, memory, communication boards, operating system software,
other bundled software and initial internal and external storage
disk shipments.
*Conversion Rate, CY 2007: 1 US$ = INR
41.357
**Conversion Rate, 4Q 2007: 1 US$ = INR 39.497
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