According to Gartner EMEA server shipments continue to slide during Q1 2014 with shipments falling by 6.1% Y-o-Y to 547900 units, even as revenues make an unexpected return to growth after 10 quarters of of consecutive Y-o-Y decline.
The analyst reports Q1 2014 server revenues total $3.0 billion with 2.5% Y-o-Y growth.
“Although shipments contracted, the fact that the server market has finally shown revenue growth will be a welcome relief for server vendors,” Gartner says. “The business environment in EMEA remains challenging, but the severe declines that we’ve witnessed in the non-x86 product segments have abated, at least in Q1 2014.”
On a regional perspective only W. Europe sees revenue growth (6.7% Y-o-Y), as both E. Europe (-14.5%) and MEA (-3.6%) face revenue declines.
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