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Wednesday Jul 09, 2008

Sun continues to be #1 in worldwide UNIX server revenue and shipments

According to IDC's Q1CY08 Worldwide Server Tracker released in May 2008, "Sun continues to hold the #1 position in worldwide UNIX server revenue and shipments, driven by the power of the Solaris Operating System (OS)." Among the compelling statistics IDC's May 2008 report highlights is Sun's number one position in the following categories:

#1 Worldwide UNIX server unit shipments

#1 Worldwide UNIX volume (<$25K) server factory revenue and unit shipments

#1 U.S. and Western Europe UNIX server revenue

#1 U.S., Western Europe, Japan, APAC, and Rest of World UNIX server unit shipments

#1 Worldwide UNIX server Operating System unit shipments, Solaris OS

#1 Worldwide UNIX OS on Opteron processor based server revenue and unit shipments

#1 Worldwide UNIX Disk Storage Systems unit shipments

Comments:

Do you have a link to the IDC report so I can see how your competitors did too?

Posted by Kevin Hutchinson on July 10, 2008 at 12:25 AM EDT #

you can get that info thru your subscription service with IDC

Posted by george on July 10, 2008 at 09:51 AM EDT #

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