Worldwide server shipments down 4.2% in Q1

Worldwide server shipments dropped 4.2% in Q1 while revenue fell 4.5%, according to research firm Gartner. Asia/Pacific was the only geographic market where shipment sales increased. #Hyperscale data center segment sales have increased, but enterprise and SMB segments have struggling sales as businesses consider moving to the cloud. Market leaders with revenue and market share: #HewlettPackardEnterprise (NYSE: #HPE ): $3B, 24.1%; #DellEMC (NYSE:DVMT): $2.4B, 19%; #IBM (NYSE:IBM): $831M, 6.6%; #Cisco: $825.6M, 6.6%; #Lenovo: $731.6M, 5.8%; Others: $12.5B, 37.9%. Dell EMC is the only company to show growth over the prior year and earns the first place spot if sorting according to total units shipped rather than revenue. Previously: Dell, NetApp, Hewlett Packard lead $1.3B All Flash Array market (June 7)

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