unix server market

A new study on the major players in the Unix server market has declared IBM the clear customer favorite and brought to light some serious issues with Sun Microsystems' product line.

A new study on the major players in the Unix server market has declared IBM the clear customer favorite and brought to light some serious issues with Sun Microsystems' product line.

Last week, IBM announced that over the past 10 years, it has gone from also-ran to first place in the Unix server market, claiming 35 percent of the $61 billion market in 2008 to Sun's 29 percent share, as ...

Over at CNET, Matt Asay sees opportunities for Linux in the recent news that IBM claimed 35% of the Unix server market for second quarter of 2008.

"For those wondering how big Red Hat and Novell can become on operating-system revenue alone, keep that $61 billion number in mind.

Most of that $61 billion is hardware-related, but it meant approximately $650 million in Linux server sales for Red Hat and Novell over the past year.

As Linux eats into Unix, Red Hat and Novell can expect to grow linearly with it."

IBM entered the Unix server market in 1988, trailing HP and Sun Microsystems in the race. Now it has 35 percent of the market.

Its latest round of Power Systems releases aims to expand that lead with servers that contain multicore processors to increase speed and power efficiency.

IBM entered the Unix server market in 1988, trailing HP and Sun Microsystems in the race.

A new study on the major players in the Unix server market has declared IBM the clear customer favorite and brought to light some serious issues with Sun Microsystems' product line.

"It is a race, and we're not slowing down." That is how Ross A. Mauri, the general manager of IBM's Power Systems product series, describes competing against Sun Microsystems and Hewlett-Packard for the UNIX server market.

A new study on the major players in the Unix server market has declared IBM the clear customer favorite and brought to light some serious issues with Sun Microsystems' product line.

A new study on the major players in the Unix server market has declared IBM the clear customer favorite and brought to light some serious issues with Sun Microsystems' product line.