EMEA server shipments total 585000 units in Q2 2012 according to Gartner-- a -4.4% Y-o-Y decline as the server market "continues to struggle" in the face of broader economic challenges.
Revenues are also down, dropping by -11.6% Y-o-Y to reach $3.3 billion. Gartner says Q2 2012 is the 3rd consecutive quarter of shipment declines and the 4th consecutive quarter of revenue declines.
“Each of the three key sub regions saw revenue decline," the analyst continues. "E. Europe by -1.3%, MEA by -0.5% and W. Europe by -14.7%. This weakness was evident in both technological and geographical segments.”
The weakness in EMEA reflects the global market, where server revenues decline by -2.9% Y-o-Y while shipments see slight 1.4% Y-o-Y growth.
The less weak server segment in EMEA is x86, even if revenues are down by -2.9% Y-o-Y. Other segments do less well-- Other CPU has the weakest result (-37.1% decline) due to a cyclical low in terms of product life cycle. RISC/Itanium Unix is also "very weak" (-25.1% decline) as migration away from Unix platforms continues.
When it comes to EMEA vendors, HP continues to lead despite a -5.6% Y-o-Y decline. HP market share is also down, from 30.8% in Q2 2011 to 28.7% in Q2 2012, while shipments total 678963 units.
Dell is the only vendor seeing growth (5.9% Y-o-Y) in EMEA as it reaches the 2nd place with Q2 2012 shipments of 541693 units. IBM follows, with 9.6% market share and shipments totaling 228138 units.
“[IBM] was the vendor most affected by the weakness in the product life cycle, but it will hope to reverse this trend with the introduction of new, high-end products in future quarters,” Gartner remarks.
