Last week, Gartner published its report on Server markets. The Global spendings have evidently dipped in 2013. In simple terms, OEMs have collectively shipped more servers but at a lesser price. Even that has not affected the global market which is still almost flat. They either have to tap the cheaper growing markets or look at consolidating their resources on a whole. It is now a saturated market and this report does suggest that Brands have made their offerings cheaper.
The saving grace in the downturn... Asia and Japan markets which recorded growth of 16.3% and 7.5% respectively. All regions declined in vendor revenue except Asia/Pacific, which grew by 0.6 percent year over year
IBM, which is selling its x86 server unit to Lenovo, has seen large declines in both server revenue and shipments, the analyst firm says. This has been one of the reasons for the company to get rid of this line of business.
