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HP Again No. 1 in Overall Server Shipments, Grows Faster Than Market, Including in BladesNovember 22, 2006; 04:22 AM HP (NYSE:HPQ) (Nasdaq:HPQ) outshipped all other major vendors in the worldwide server market for the 18th consecutive quarter, according to third quarter 2006 figures released today by IDC.(1) HP surpassed market growth in the worldwide blade server market, with 43.8 percent year-over-year factory revenue growth. HP also grew faster than the market in units shipped in blades and, with 35 percent revenue market share, had more than three times that of the third-ranked competitor. In the high-performance computing market, HP was No. 1 in revenue, with a 34.5 percent market share, and outgrew the market in revenue and shipments. HP beat industry growth in revenues by nearly two times with 13.2 percent quarter-over-quarter growth, and it grew units shipped by 5.7 percent versus a virtually flat total market.(2) “The balanced performance in both units shipped and revenue illustrates HP’s continued strength across the board in the worldwide server market,” said Mark Hudson, vice president of marketing, Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP. “Customers can feel confident partnering with HP as we continue to demonstrate our value today and moving forward.” Highlights of the analyst firm’s worldwide report include:
More information about HP servers is available at www.hp.com/go/servers. About HP HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $91.7 billion. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com. Note to editors: HP news releases are available via RSS feed at www.hp.com/hpinfo/rss.html. (1) IDC, Q306 Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, November 2006. (2) IDC, Worldwide Server QView Q3 2006, November 2006. (3) Includes Compaq ProLiant from Q196 through Q202 and HP ProLiant from Q302 through Q306. AMD and Opteron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel, Xeon and Itanium are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corp. or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. Windows is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group.
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