Sun Microsystems Outperforms Top Three Server Competitors
12/8/2003 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) announced that the company achieved double-digit server unit growth both year-to-year (+29%) and quarter-to-quarter (+21%) according to the 3Q03 Worldwide Server Quarterly Statistics Database by Gartner Dataquest released yesterday. On a quarter-to-quarter growth basis Sun outperformed its top three server competitors in the all OS, UNIX and UNIX+Linux unit shipment category. The company also demonstrated significant gains in the sub-$25K server market (all OS), where Sun grew unit and revenue market share faster than the top 3 vendors in the category.
"We're moving faster than our competitors to pass lower cost systems on to our customers and that is reflected in our unit gains," said Larry Singer, Sun's senior vice president, global market strategies. "As we continue to ramp up our capabilities in x86 and Opteron-based systems--as well as maintaining price/performance with our SPARC-based systems--Sun expects to achieve even higher volumes, while taking share from competitors."
Additional Sun highlights according to Gartner/Dataquest include:
- For entry level products, Sun has had a very successful ramp-up for the Sun Fire V240 server with more than 14,000 units shipped only two quarters after its introduction. Combining the Sun Fire V210 and the Sun Fire V240 servers, Sun shipped more than 24,000 units and took in about $100M in revenues.
- In the high-end space, the Sun Fire 12K server witnessed year-to-year growth in units (+18% at 100 units) and in revenues (+26% at $65M).
About Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision -- "The Network Is The Computer" -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that make the Net work. Sun can be found in more than 100 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com
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