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Cloud Demand Drives Up Worldwide Server Revenue by 16 Percent
Higher demand for "infrastructure to support cloud and hybrid-cloud implementations" has meant increased revenue for the world's top server manufacturers, according to recent data from Gartner.
Worldwide server revenue is up 16 percent in Q3 2017, according to the research firm.
Research Vice President Jeffrey Hewitt noted that while Unix servers declined -- with shipments down 23.5 percent and revenue down 18.3 percent -- x86 servers increased 5.3 percent in shipments and 16.7 percent in revenue over the same quarter last year.
According to a table put out by Gartner, while HPE continues to lead the pack when it comes to server revenue -- with $3.1 billion -- it's estimated server revenue is down by 3.2 percent over last year, where Dell EMC's server revenue is up 37.9 percent (to $3 billion) and IBM's is up 27.1 percent (to $1.1 billion).
China-based Inspur Electronics, which focuses on servers for datacenters providing cloud services, more than doubled its revenue and is now also in the $1.1 billion range.
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