New Delhi/Mumbai/Bangalore/Chennai, April 6, 2008: According to IDC’s Asia/Pacific Quarterly Enterprise Server Tracker, 4Q 2007, March 2008 release, the overall India Server market has seen a healthy growth as customers continued to refresh and expand their IT infrastructures. During calendar year 2007 the overall India Server market factory revenue grew by 24% over calendar year 2006 to touch US$ 727 million* and unit shipments grew by 19% to 135,615 during the same period. Apart from traditional sectors like telecom, BFSI and manufacturing, 2007 also saw the emergence of retail and construction as key demand drivers. Table 1: Overview of India Server Market 2007
| Board Size |
Factory Revenue (US$ million) |
| 2006 |
2007 |
Growth |
| Non-x86 Servers |
251.8 |
313.2 |
24% |
| x86 Servers |
334.6 |
414.1 |
24% |
| Total |
586.4 |
727.3 |
24% |
India x86 Server Market
During calendar year 2007, factory revenues of the India x86 Server market grew by 24% over 2006 to touch USD 414 million*, while unit shipments grew by 21% to 126,940 units during the same period. HP emerged as the market leader in the India x86 Server market with 33% share during 2007 both in terms of factory revenue as well as unit shipments. According to
Amit Dalal, Asst. Manager, Enterprise Computing Products Research, IDC India,
"The blade server market continued to be the hot segment for x86 servers during 2007. The market was abuzz with initiatives from vendors like ramping up of their product portfolios and education of customers through events and contact programmes. These programmes demonstrated product benefit themes like hot swapping, reducing redundancy and reduction in cabling, power and space requirements.” In 2007 the India x86 blade server market recorded a growth of 103% over 2006 with 12,146 units shipped. HP dominated the India x86 blade server market with 64% of total x86 blade server shipments in 2007, followed by IBM with a 28% share. India non-x86 Server Market
Factory revenues of the India non-x86 Server market also grew by 24% year-on-year to touch US$ 313 million* in 2007. IBM emerged as market leader in the India non-x86 Server market with a 38% share in 2007 in terms of factory revenue. The India non-x86 Server market was driven by the expansion plans of major telecommunication service providers and customers in the BFSI sector. This helped the India non-x86 Server market to cross the US$ 100 million mark for the first time in a single quarter during 4Q 2007 (October-December 2007). IDC’s Server Taxonomy
IDC’s Worldwide Server Taxonomy maps the eleven price bands within the server market into three price ranges: volume servers (servers priced less than US$ 25,000), midrange enterprise servers (US$ 25,000 to US$ 49,999) and high-end enterprise servers (US$ 50,000 or more). The revenue data presented in this release is stated as factory revenue to determine the market-share position. Factory revenue represents dollars recognised by multi-user system and server vendors for ISS (initial server shipments) and upgrade units sold through direct and indirect channels and includes the following embedded server components: Frame or cabinets and all cables, processors, memory, communication boards, operating system software, other bundled software and initial internal and external storage disk shipments. *Conversion Rate, CY 2007: 1 US$ = INR 41.357
**Conversion Rate, 4Q 2007: 1 US$ = INR 39.497
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