According to the 2Q02 Worldwide Server Database by Gartner Dataquest, Sun increased its revenue position with marketshare growth of 10.75 percent year-over-year and now holds second place with 18.44 percent marketshare. Furthermore, with just under 80,000 units shipped and $1.86 billion in revenue, Sun maintains a commanding lead as the number one vendor in the UNIXR market worldwide.

Overall, Gartner Dataquest's quarterly database shows that the SolarisTM Operating Environment (Solaris OE) and UltraSPARCR processor-based systems experienced the highest level of revenue and shipment growth year-over-year of the top five IT vendors while most competing systems saw a decline. In the UNIX market, with 63 percent marketshare in shipments and 44 percent revenue share, Sun is clearly number one. Compared to the same quarter last year, Sun grew its marketshare in UNIX shipments by 32 percent while its three closest competitors lost share in double-digit increments. Sun also led the pack in year-over-year UNIX revenue marketshare, where it grew by 15.4 percent.

These results are based on similarly positive marketshare results posted by Gartner Dataquest for the US, EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and Asia Pacific regions:

In the US, Sun gained revenue marketshare with a 13.5 percent increase from last year. Sun was also the only company of the top-five UNIX vendors to grow marketshare in revenue and shipments both quarter-over-quarter and year-over-year. With more than $945 million, Sun is number one with 55.6 percent of the UNIX marketshare in revenue. Sun's number one position in the US extends to shipments where its 42,440 units shipped represent 68.4 percent of the marketshare.

Similarly positive growth was seen in EMEA where Sun grew its marketshare leadership position in the UNIX market by nearly 37 percent in shipments and over 10 percent in revenue year-over-year. With over 21,700 units shipped in EMEA in 2Q02, Sun has 60.61 percent marketshare in UNIX shipments and 37 percent revenue marketshare with over $519 million.

In Asia Pacific, Sun's UNIX business grew by almost 21 percent in revenue year-over-year and 28.2 percent quarter-over-quarter with over $211 million. Sun saw a 5.2 percent increase in UNIX shipments compared to the same quarter last year when its top three competitors saw double-digit declines. With almost 7,000 units shipped, Sun posted the strongest sequential revenue marketshare gain (22.9 percent) of the top five vendors in the Asia Pacific region. [...read more...]

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