HP Captures No. 1 Position in Asia Pacific

by Piyas Roy July 24, 2008 HP has announced that it took the No. 1 position in overall UNIX Server revenue in Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) in CYQ1, 2008 according to industry analyst firm IDC (1). HP captured 31.7% revenue market share of the Asia Pacific UNIX Server market in CYQ1, 2008. UNIX server revenues for HP in Asia Pacific (inc. Japan) grew more than 5 times faster than the overall UNIX server market growth on a Y/Y basis. The company also held the No. 1 positions in the High-end Enterprise and Midrange Enterprise segments of the UNIX server market in Q1 2008 garnering 41.2% and 34.4% of the market, respectively. Customers’ requirements in terms of high-availability, security, scalability and virtualization were the major reasons for the growth of HP-UX in Asia Pacific. Companies across industries have been deploying... [read full story]