IDC Declares Linux Is Red Hot In The Server Market.According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the latest release of IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, Linux server shipments increased 166 percent to 72,422 units in Q499 from Q498, representing the fastest-growing operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. in the server market. According to IDC, even though Linux represents a small portion (approximately six percent) of the entry server market in unit shipments, it will become an important area of growth within the server market as more and more branded vendors come out with Linux server offerings and as end users select Linux servers not just because of price but because of reliability, availability, and performance as well. For the quarter, Compaq held tight to its number-one position worldwide with $84 million in factory revenue. IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) is in the second position with $33 million. Dell was third with $24 million, and Hewlett-Packard was close behind with $23 million. (In terms of unit shipments, Hewlett-Packard finished third slight ahead of Dell.) Fujitsu Siemens (Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc. (USA), Milpitas, CA, www.fujitsu-siemens.com) Fujitsu Siemens Computers USA is a wholly owned research and development subsidiary of Fujitsu Siemens Computers. rounded off the top five vendors with $13 million.
Top 5 Vendors Linux Server
Unit Shipments, Q499
Market
Q499 Share
Compaq 18,088 25%
IBM 7,001 10%
Hewlett-Packard 5,429 7%
Dell 5,158 7%
Fujitsu Siemens 2,286 3%
Others 34,460 48%
Total 72,422 100%
Source: IDC, 2000
In a recent IDC survey of 200 Linux users (Linux Servers: What's the Hype, and What's the Reality? IDC #B21610), the majority of participants estimated that their Linux servers offered at least 4 9s in availability, which translates too less than one hour of unexpected downtime The time during which a computer is not functioning due to hardware, operating system or application program failure. per year. The study also found that Linux servers are overwhelmingly deployed to support Web applications, such as Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , proxy/caching services, and email. "More than 40 percent of all spending on Linux servers is for Internet-related applications. Linux servers are now embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in the Internet infrastructure and are strong competition for NT and Unix servers," says Michelle Bailey, research manager for IDC's Commercial Systems and Servers program. IDC defines the entry market as system shipped with prices from $0 to $100K. |
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