IDC reports a positive Q1 2015 for the EMEA server market, as revenues reach $3 billion with 6.3% Y-o-Y growth and shipments growing by 3.5% Y-o-Y to 557182 units in a 4th consecutive quarter of positive unit growth.
Vendor revenues see higher growth thanks to increased ASPs caused by the market moving towards richer configurations, even if larger US-based European vendors continue to feel the impact of the fluctuating euro.
In fact, the analyst says Q1 2015 revenues see stronger growth (29.2% Y-o-Y) in euro, but the weakening currency forced some vendors to adopt new European pricing structures.
Non-x86 servers report a "good" EMEA Q1 2015, building on a positive Q4 2014 with the first Y-o-Y revenue growth in over 15 quarters (2%) as CISC and traditional RISC machines show low-single-digit growth. The main contributor to Q1 2015 volume growth (up 102.4% Y-o-Y) was the second shipment of ARM-based servers, even if such systems make less than 1% of non-x86 servers.
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