HP maintains server dominance

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The data published by market research firm IDC claims that HP accounted for around 39.0% of total x86 server revenue for 2010.

The company's revenue from the x86 servers grew 34.0% year-over-year. Moreover, the company has remained glued to the number one position in the x86 server markets for 59 straight quarters.

Redmond Mag reports that worldwide server shipments have increased by 6.1% over Q4 2009 numbers for the final quarter of 2010, according the IDC report.

The increase of 2.1 million units sold and $15.0 billion in revenue is the highest growth in the overall market in three years.

The Q4 sales figure ends 2010 on a high note. The server industry saw growth in every quarter during 2010, accounting for an increase of $48.1 billion in revenue over 2009's total numbers.

Citing research firm Gartner, IT World Canada states that worldwide server revenue and unit shipments continued a yearlong recovery in the fourth quarter of 2010, but growth is likely to slow this year.

Gartner says revenue for all types of servers grew 16.4% from a year earlier, while the number of servers delivered grew 6.5% in the quarter.

The company believes the replacement of x86 servers following the economic downturn has passed its peak and will slow this year.