Fujitsu Siemens Computers, the leading European IT company, outgrew the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) market in all categories: desktop, mobile, IA server and the overall composite PC market, according to preliminary market numbers released by analyst research firm IDC.
In the fourth quarter 2003, Fujitsu Siemens Computers stated 27.3% growth (market: 19.7% growth) and strengthened its number three position with 8% market share.
Across EMEA, Fujitsu Siemens Computers outperformed the overall PC market in the following countries/regions: Austria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Norway, Sweden, UK, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and SA.
"The areas strategic to our business, mobility and business-critical computing continue to show strong growth. In mobility, we experienced high double and triple-digit growth rates throughout most countries, and in business-critical computing, IA servers grew 26%," said Adrian v Hammerstein, President and CEO. "The market continues to show signs of a recovery, and we are confident that with our strong offering, we will continue to outperform our key competitors as we did this past quarter."
In Germany, Fujitsu Siemens Computers remained number one with 18.4% market share for the overall PC market. Additionally, the company maintained its first position in the desktop market, outperformed the mobile PC (96%) and the IA server markets (42.6%) in Germany year on year.
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is still growing at a substantial pace in the South African market, with IDC figures showing market shares of: 2% of all form factors; 2.3% of the server market; and 3.9% of the mobile market. "We are delighted with the continued growth trend," says Mark Wilson, Managing Director of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. "Our performance has been consistently strong across all business sectors and we are optimistic that we will be able to maintain the growth achieved in the coming year."
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