Hewlett-Packard (HP) gained more than 1 percentage point of share in the PC market in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period one year ago, according to a newly issued preliminary ranking from iSuppli Corp.

HP shipped 8.5 million PCs in the first quarter of 2006, up 21.5 percent from 6.98 million in the first quarter of 2005. The company’s market share rose to 14.8 percent during the first quarter, up 1.1 percentage points from 13.7 percent during the same period in 2005.

HP closed its market-share gap with PC leader Dell Inc. to just 2 percentage points, down from 3.3 points in the first quarter of 2005. Dell shipped 9.6 million PCs during the first quarter, giving it a market share of 16.8 percent. This share is down 0.2 percentage points from the first quarter of 2005.

Worldwide mobile-PC shipments were up 41 percent in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005. With shipments of 57.4 million units, up 12.8 percent from 50.9 million in the first quarter of 2005, the PC industry’s first-quarter performance came as a welcome positive note. Most of the growth was generated by the mobile-PC segment, with desktop PC shipments expanding by only 3 percent in the first quarter of 2006 compared to the same period in 2005.

While worldwide PC shipments in the first quarter were down compared to the fourth quarter, this is a typical seasonal pattern for the market. Shipments declined by 8.5 percent in the first quarter from 62.7 million units in the fourth quarter.

May 26, 2006 1:53 PM | Permalink

Worldwide server shipments for the first quarter of 2006 increased 13.7 percent over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenue for the same period remained flat, according to Gartner, Inc.

Worldwide server revenue totaled $12.35 billion in the first quarter of 2006, compared with worldwide revenue growth of $12.34 in the first quarter of 2005. Worldwide server shipments totaled nearly 2 million units in the first quarter of 2006, up from 1.7 million units in the same period last year.

IBM continued to lead the worldwide server market based on revenue. However, the company exhibited a revenue decrease of 3.7 percent in the first quarter, while the total market remained flat for the same period.

Worldwide: Server Vendor Revenue / Share Estimates for First Quarter of 2006 (U.S. Dollars):
IBM ...........................$3,534,802,081 -- 28.6% share
Hewlett-Packard...... $3,456,922,254 -- 28.0%
Dell Inc...................... $1,306,029,983 -- 10.6%
Sun Microsystems.... $1,298,889,283 -- 10.5%
Fujitsu/Siemens...........$ 765,380,569 -- 6.2%
Other Vendors.......... $1,987,282,939 -- 16.1%

May 26, 2006 1:45 PM | Permalink

The information technology (IT) products market in the Asia-Pacific region (Japan excluded) will grow 8.9% to US$116.7 billion in 2006, accounting for almost 40% of the worldwide market, according to International Data Corporation (IDC).

. China will share 41.1% of the Asia Pacific's value, up 12.4% from 2005.
. India will see the strongest growth, at 23.9%, contributing 24% to the IT market in the Asia-Pacific region.

May 26, 2006 1:37 PM | Permalink

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenue in the worldwide server market declined 1.9% year over year to $11.9 billion in the first quarter of 2006. Following ten successive quarters of year-over-year revenue growth, this was the second consecutive quarter of year-over-year revenue decline as quarterly compares become more difficult. Worldwide server unit shipments growth slowed modestly to 9.5% in 1Q06 when compared with 1Q05.
Volume server revenue grew 6.3%, revenue for midrange enterprise servers declined 16.2% y/y and the high-end enterprise server market showed a 3.2% decline year over year, making this the sixth consecutive quarter of declining revenue for high-end enterprise servers. Microsoft Windows servers  revenues grew 5.9% to $4.4B while unit shipments grew 12.9% y/y.  Unix servers experienced a 7.1% decline in factory revenue to $3.9B , while unit shipments declined 8.7% Linux servers posted their 15th consecutive quarter of double-digit growth, with year-over-year revenue growth of 17.0% (12.2% share of the market) and unit shipments up 14.4%.
HP and IBM tied for the number one position with 28.1% and 27.9% share respectively. Dell maintained third place on its own in terms of revenues with 11.1% market share in 1Q06.  Sun experienced 5.8% y/y revenue growth in 1Q06 and increased its overall market share to 10.8% from 10.0% in 1Q05. HP maintained the number 1 position in unit shipments worldwide with 29.9% server shipment share, growing shipments 7.8% year over year. Dell maintained the number 2 spot in terms of worldwide server shipments with 24.0% share, down from 24.5% share in 1Q05.

May 24, 2006 2:36 PM | Permalink