Sun Microsystems is still the leader in high-end server shipments and will probably continue to prosper from the massive wave of infrastructure investment in e-business during the next several years.
This is according to a report from research house Giga (November 2000). The report states that Sun's installed base is still much larger than competitors such as IBM, and there is no sign that Sun's customers are slowing their purchase of Sun systems.
According to a December 2000 report from the International Data Corporation (IDC), Sun shipped 723 total high-end servers and generated $750M in revenue in Q3 2000.
During this period, Sun also maintained its number two position in total server market revenue for the second consecutive quarter.
In addition, Sun gained market share in this sector regarding shipments and revenue - posting the highest shipment and second highest revenue growth rate of the top five total entry server vendors. According to the IDC, Sun generated strong shipment (100 %) and revenue (63 %) growth in the total server market in Q3CY'00 versus Q3CY'99.
Sun also jumped from 4th to 2nd place for entry level revenue (43 % growth) ahead of both HP and IBM. The IDC report (December 2000) states that Sun maintained the lead in total midrange server shipments with an increase of 38 % in shipments, year-over-year. In total midrange server revenue, Sun generated 40 % revenue growth and held the number three spot.
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Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - "The Network Is The Computer" - has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc, to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $17.6 billion in annual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.