Fujitsu Siemens Computers continues to outpace the market and competitors in mobile growth across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region. The company topped the IDC analyst preliminary results charts with an overall yearly growth for calendar year 2004 of 62.6%* in mobility. In the overall form factor space for calendar year 2004 result was also ahead of market with a growth of 23.3%* in comparison to the overall market of 18.9%*.
In the fourth quarter of 2004 Fujitsu Siemens Computers was able to almost double the market growth rates for both x86 server and mobiles. The company recorded the highest growth rate across all competitors the X86 server space the achieving 25.6% growth on top of a market which grew 14.5%. Mobile growth for the fourth quarter of 2004 was 60.6% - a tie for the first place- against a market of 34.6%.
"With our products and services we continue our focus on our strategic areas of mobility and business-critical computing. With our innovations in mobility through the mobile workforce we have been able to demystify mobility and pragmatically demonstrate how business can benefit from its implementation," said Bernd Bischoff, President and CEO, Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
"In addition, we have been able to radically advance the Dynamic Data Centre throughout the past year with our innovative solutions FlexFrame for mySAPand easyXchange for Microsoft Mail Exchange. These are solutions that provide an immediate benefit to customers, without having to wait for theoretical implementations."
"We have made substantial inroads into the South African market, and see continued growth here, particularly through our dedicated focus on the distribution channel," says Mark Wilson, Managing Director of Fujitsu Siemens Computers South Africa. "We are also seeing substantial growth in the Anglophone African territories which fall under our jurisdiction, with Fujitsu Siemens Computers receiving a resounding reception and welcome from reseller partners in these areas."
Fujitsu Siemens Computers achieved growth above market average for desktops and PCs in following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany retaining the number 1 position, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia and South Africa*.
* According to IDC 4Q2004 and calendar year 2004 preliminary results released 19 January 2005.
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