EMEA Server Market Performs Strongly in 2Q08 as IT Managers Invest in Scalable Servers, Demand Diversifies From x86 Space, Says IDC
LONDON and PRAGUE, August 28, 2008 - According to IDC's EMEA Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the EMEA
server market grew 8.7% year over year to $ 4.4 billion in the second quarter
of 2008. Shipments grew 12.4% to reach nearly 700,000, 95.5% of which were x86
boxes. The overall server market results in EMEA presented the highest growth
since the first quarter of 2007 in factory revenue terms and since the third
quarter of 2005 when looking at unit volumes, despite the overall slowing
economy.
