According to the
Worldwide server shipments surpassed 3.2 million during the quarter, an increase of just 0.1% over the previous year.
Volume server revenue was up 5.6% to nearly
'Broadly speaking, server market performance was muted in the second quarter as the market shifted slightly towards single socket server configurations,' said
Overall Server Market Standings, by Company
HPE/H3C(a) ended the quarter in a statistical tie* with
Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Server Vendor Revenue, Market Share, and Growth, Second Quarter of 2021 (Revenues are in US$ Millions)
Company
2Q21 Revenue
2Q21 Market Share
2Q20 Revenue
2Q20 Market Share
2Q21/2Q20 Revenue Growth
T1. HPE/H3C(a)*
15.7%
14.8%
3.4%
T1.
15.6%
13.8%
10.2%
3.
9.4%
10.5%
12.6%
4. Lenovo
7.0%
6.1%
12.6%
5.
5.0%
6.0%
19.5%
ODM Direct
26.7%
28.5%
8.8%
Rest of Market
20.8%
20.4%
0.6%
Total
100.0%
100.0%
2.5%
Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker,
Notes:
IDC declares a statistical tie in the worldwide server market when there is a difference of one percent or less in the share of revenues or shipments among two or more vendors.
(a) Due to the existing joint venture between HPE and H3C, IDC is reporting external market share on a global level for HPE and H3C as 'HPE/H3C' starting from 2Q 2016. Per the JV agreement,Tsinghua Holdings subsidiary,Unisplendour Corporation , through a wholly owned affiliate, purchased a 51% stake in H3C and HPE has a 49% ownership stake in the new company.
(b)Inspur revenues include revenues and server units forInspur Power Systems .Inspur is reported as a separate company with revenues including Inspur OEM systems andInspur Power Systems locally developed and branded systems revenue. Per the JV agreement,Inspur Power Commercial System Co., Ltd. , has total registered capital ofRMB 1 billion , withInspur investingRMB 510 million for a 51% equity stake, andIBM investingRMB 490 million for the remaining 49% equity stake.
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