During 2Q08, 'Big Blue' captured about 33% of the GLOBAL Servers market...or almost 6% more SHARE than #2 ranked Hewlett Packard (HPQ) who possessed 27% of the market. Dell came in at #3 with 13%, followed by Sun Microsystems (JAVA) at #4 with 11%. All together, the 'Big 4' accounted for approx 84% of total global Server sales during the second quarter of 2008 (can you say oligopolgy?).
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0428768.htm
* IBM ranked #1 across the following 2Q08 Server Sales categories:
1.) All Unix Servers - 36% Share
2.) Servers Costing $250,000 or more ('High-End' Servers) - 62% Share
3.) Servers Costing $10,000 or more ('Low-End' Servers) - 48% Share
* Related + also according to IDC, let it be noted that IBM is growing its overall Server revenues faster than anyone else in the industry as IBM's 2Q08 Server sales were 27% higher vs. 1Q08. Overall WW Server shipments rose 11% during 2Q08.
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* Lastly + also Related to IBM, check out the below fascinating Wikipedia link that provides a pretty comprehensive (although NOT complete) List of Acquisitions and Spinoffs completed by 'Big Blue' since its foundation in 1889 (needless to say but IBM wasn't built in a day):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_IBM_acquisitions_and_spinoffs
Data Courtesy: CNNMoney + IDC + Wikipedia
Full Disclosure: I own shares of IBM.
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