HP Server Revenue Growth Outpaces All Other Major Vendors Worldwide

HP’s server revenue growth outpaced that of all other major server vendors worldwide, according to third quarter 2005 figures released today by IDC. HP was No. 1 in total worldwide revenue for the three major operating systems of Windows®, Linux and UNIX® individually as well as combined - together, these three operating systems comprise more than 95 percent of all servers shipped worldwide and 80 percent of all server revenue earned.

Additionally, HP had strong year-over-year revenue growth for x86 servers (up 22.7 percent), x86 blade servers (up 64.9 percent) and Intel® Itanium® 2 (EPIC)-based servers (up 74.6 percent).”These numbers illustrate our continued execution and momentum across our entire server portfolio, including growth businesses such as HP Integrity and HP BladeSystem servers, where we saw especially strong results,” said Mark Hudson, vice president of marketing, Enterprise Storage and Servers, HP. “This quarter’s numbers show once again the value we are delivering to customers and their confidence in our offerings. No other vendor demonstrates such strength across leading operating systems and industry-standard architectures.”

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