IDC reports Q4 2013 EMEA server revenues are down by -5.2% Y-o-Y to $3.7 billion, while shipments remain flat with a minimal -0.3% Y-o-Y decline at 606548 units.
Causing the drastic Y-o-Y decline in revenues is price sensitivity during economically uncertain times, as well as ongoing price competition at the lower end of the market.
Quarterly performance is more positive on a Q-o-Q basis, with 13.2% shipment growth and a seasonally "strong" 28.5% revenue increase.
For full-year 2013 revenues total $12.4 billion with a -5.3% decline while shipments drop by -2.7% to total 2.2 million units-- negative performance, but still an improvement over the -9.6% revenue declines and -5% shipment drop of 2012 according to IDC.
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