IBM overtakes HP server in sales

SF Gate reports.

Computerworld states that IBM's revenue share of the worldwide server market reached $3.85 billion, a 3.5% increase from a year ago. That gave it 29.7% of the worldwide market, nudging it ahead of HP for the top spot.

HP's server revenue, just over $3.8 billion, declined 3.6% from a year ago, leaving it with 29.3% of the world's market, according to Gartner. Third-placed Dell, meanwhile, grew 6.3% in server revenue during the period to more than $1.9 billion; it now has 14.7% share of the worldwide market.

"The third quarter of 2011 produced growth on a global level, but there was some significant variation in growth by region," The Register quotes Jeffrey Hewitt, a research VP at Gartner, as saying.

"All regions showed growth in both shipments and vendor revenue, except for Western Europe, which posted a 4.9% decline in revenue for the period," he said. "Asia-Pacific grew the most significantly in shipments, with a 23.9% increase. Eastern Europe posted the highest vendor revenue growth at 27.4% for the period."