IDC: HP Leads in Server Shipments Worldwide

November 24, 2004; 12:59 PM

HP (www.hp.com) continued its 1st position in worldwide server shipments for the tenth consecutive quarter, according to third quarter 2004 figures released today by IDC.

Building on the strong momentum of its HP-UX operating system, HP secured the top spot for factory revenue of UNIX®-based servers. Today's IDC results show that HP is again the revenue leader in all three major operating systems - UNIX, Linux and Windows®.

Other highlights of the quarter included: HP grew its x86-blade server units 92.6 percent year-over-year, twice the worldwide market growth rate, and increased its unit market share almost nine percentage points.

This strong growth in the HP BladeSystem business enabled HP to move into the No. 1 unit share position for the large U.S. market.

HP secured the No. 1 UNIX server revenue market share position, growing two market share points sequentially. Based on IDC's numbers, HP continued its leadership in total UNIX revenues on high-end and midrange servers.

HP continues to lead the fast-growing worldwide Linux server market in factory revenue and units, with 27.4 percent growth in units year-over-year and 35.7 percent growth in revenue.

HP continues its leadership in Windows server shipments with 19 percent unit growth year-over-year.

HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2004, HP revenue totaled $79.9 billion.