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The global server market continues to remain weak with revenues declining 3.8% in the April-June quarter this year compared to the year-ago period, research firm Gartner said today.
However, the worldwide shipment of servers grew 4% year-on-year in Q2 2013, Gartner said in a statement.
"The global server market remains in a relatively weak state overall. The only real regional bright spot was Asia-Pacific with growth of 10% and 21.7% year-on-year in terms of revenue and shipments, respectively," Gartner research vice president Jeffrey Hewitt said.
Canada was the only other region that grew in both revenue (6.3%) and units (2.7%).
Latin America was close to flat for revenue and saw 1% growth in terms of shipments. The US market grew 1.9% year-on-year in terms of shipments but declined in revenue by 5.1%.
IBM led the worldwide server market in the reported period with nearly USD 3.2 billion in revenues and a total share of 25.6%. The biggest revenue contribution was from its System z.
HP was second in the tally with revenues at $3.08 billion and a 25% market share, while third-ranked Dell had $2.19 billion in revenues and a market share of 17.7% in the said quarter.
In terms of server shipments, HP remained the worldwide leader in spite of a y-o-y decline of 13.6% for the quarter. Its market share stood at 23.9%.
This was followed by Dell (551,000 units and 22.4% market share) and IBM (209,833 units and 8.5% share).
In Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), server shipments decreased 5.9%, while revenue declined 4.6% to $3.1 billion in the reported quarter.
Demand for servers in EMEA remained constrained in the second quarter, Gartner Research Director Adrian O'Connell said.
"This was the seventh consecutive quarter for shipment decline and the eighth consecutive quarter for revenue decline, showing an even more sustained period of weakness than the one we saw during the economic downturn that began in 2008," O'Connell added.
