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Server sales have turned a corner, IDC says |
August 27, 2014
Server sales have picked up after a long slow spell and are likely to stay buoyant well into 2015 and beyond, IDC said Tuesday.The growth last quarter was modest—worldwide server revenue climbed just 2.5 percent from a year earlier—but server makers will welcome the news after five consecutive quarters of declines.Server makers are benefitting from the start of a cyclical refresh cycle, as customers replace systems they deployed soon after the financial crisis, IDC said.But there are other factors at work too, said IDC analyst Kuba Stolarski. Sales of x86 servers have been strong for some time, lifted by companies like Google and Facebook building out their massive infrastructures.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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