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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / JUNE 16, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 24
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Breaking News -
Platforms:
Sun Leads Linux+UNIX Server Market In Revenue, Marketshare
Sun Microsystems Inc announced that the company regained its position as
the
worldwide leader in Linux+UNIX server revenue and unit shipments in the first
quarter of CY2003, according to the recently releases 1Q03 Worldwide Server
Database by Gartner Dataquest.
"Customers have responded to recent additions to Sun's comprehensive
systems
portfolio, helping the company to outpace its competitors," said Larry Singer,
Sun's vice president, global information office. "In the highly competitive
1-way server space we saw strong growth for our V120 server. This is proof
positive that our low cost computing strategy is working and that customers
are increasingly moving to SPARC and Solaris systems."
In addition:
- In the UNIX+Linux market, Sun regained the number one spot in both units
shipped and revenues. Sun leads this market with a 24.2% marketshare in units
and 29.5% marketshare in revenues.
- While Sun increased its Linux+UNIX revenue marketshare on a quarterly
sequential basis, its two nearest competitors lost marketshare.
- In the UNIX market, Sun increased its sequential quarter-to-quarter
marketshare in shipments and revenue; Sun's servers account for 52% of
shipments and 34% of revenues for the UNIX server market.
- More than one out of every two UNIX servers shipped worldwide is a Sun
system -- more than the next three vendors combined.
- Sun's sequential quarterly gains were driven, in part, by new product
introductions, including the midrange Sun Fire V1280 server as well as the
continued success of the Sun Fire V880 that witnessed double digit sequential
quarterly growth in units.
- Sun is pleased with its overall momentum, but particularly in the volume
market. In the 1-way server space the V120 had impressive quarterly growth of
19% in units and 21% in revenues.
About Sun Microsystems Inc
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 make the
Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide
Web at sun.com/.
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