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Server market revenue down 4.4 percent in Q4 |
February 27, 2014
Even as server shipments went up, revenue in the market declined in last year’s fourth quarter, as demand for higher-end systems remained weak, according to research firm IDC.During the period, server revenue decreased by 4.4 percent to US$14.2 billion. This marked the fourth consecutive quarter the server market has shown a year-over-year decline.Although server shipments increased 8.2 percent to 2.5 million units, the growth came from lower-end x86 “volume systems”. In contrast, middle and high-end systems saw sharp drops in revenue.Server demand, however, could pick up in the first quarter, when a refresh cycle is expected to begin, IDC said on Thursday. To tap the market, vendors will have to focus on building systems geared toward serving the mobile Internet, social networking and cloud computing, the research firm added.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2102740/server-market-revenue-down-44-percent-in-q4.html#tk.rss_all
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