Gartner: Global Server Revenues Up 16% in Q3

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Global server revenues are up by 16% Y-o-Y in Q3 2017, Gartner reports, while shipments show 5.1% Y-o-Y growth-- making a period of continued growth, if with "varying regional results."

Gartner Q3 2017 revenues

A main driver for the period is the build-out of infrastructure to support cloud and hybrid-cloud implementations. As such, x86 server shipments are up by 5.3% Y-o-Y with revenues growing by 16.7%, while RISC/Itanium Unix servers are down 2.3% Y-o-Y in shipments and 18.3% Y-o-Y in revenues.

The "other" CPU category-- primarily consisting of mainframes-- shows a 54.5% Y-o-Y  increase.

Gartner shipments

In the vendor rankings, HPE continues to lead in terms of WW market share based on revenue, even if it sees a revenue decline of -3.2% Y-o-Y. HPE revenues total $3.1 billion, 21% of Q3 2017. Dell follows with 37.9% Y-o-Y growth and 20.8% market share, while Inspur Electronics revenues grow by 116.6% thanks to sales to China-based cloud providers and global expansion efforts.

When it comes to shipments, Dell EMC remains in top position with 17.8% market share and 11.2% Y-o-Y growth. HPE secures 2nd place with 16.4% share, while Inspur comes 3rd with 69.5% growth and 7.2% market share.

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