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ARMONK, N.Y. – 30 Nov 2009: IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that it again held the lead as the top server vendor worldwide in 3Q09 with 31.7 percent revenue share — compared with 30.2 percent for its nearest competitor — according to a new Gartner report. The IBM gains were fueled by advances in Intel-based servers and UNIX systems.

IBM gained 1.2 points in revenue share year-to-year according to Gartner. This marks the sixth consecutive quarter that IBM has led in Gartner’s report on worldwide server revenue.

For the third quarter of 2009, Gartner reported the following:

IBM continued its momentum in Intel-based servers, with System x gaining 2.2 points of revenue share in 3Q09 year-to-year, the third consecutive quarter of sustained revenue share growth. IBM blades gained 4.9 points of revenue share year-to-year.

For UNIX servers, IBM added 4.2 points of revenue share year-to-year and held the lead, at 38.4 percent, for the fifth consecutive quarter. This was 10.2 percent higher than the second-place vendor in 3Q09.

As it has since 2002, IBM held the No. 1 position for servers priced above $250,000, with 56.4 percent revenue share in 3Q09.

Well done to IBM, it’s interesting to note that demand for high performance and high end systems continues, that the competition between the vendors continues is good for end users and the industry alike.

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