Sun Microsystems has achieved significant revenue and volume growth in the second quarter of 2004, outperforming all vendors on a quarter-to-quarter (Q/Q) basis in almost every category.
The results were tabulated under the "All OS, Unix+Linux" and "Unix" segments, reported in the 2Q04 Worldwide Server Database report by Gartner Dataquest, released this week.
Year on year, Sun outpaced all competitors in unit shipment growth at 38.4%, and gained market share against key rivals.
Sun's performance was fueled primarily by customers strong demand for Solaris servers with UltraSPARC IV and Opteron processors, and Netra 240/440 systems, in financial services, communications and government markets.
In the Unix+Linux market, Sun outpaced all vendors Q/Q both in revenue and unit market share, leading in both categories. Sun's sequential Unix+Linux growth is reflected in its revenue market share gains that showed a 6.0 point increase for Sun, in contrast to the nearest competitor which grew only 0.1 point. In addition to its market share gains, in actual Q/Q growth for All OS, Sun significantly outperformed all competitors.
"We're demonstrating not only significant unit volume gains, but are backing it with strong revenue gains- an indication that our expansion into the low-end market with Solaris is taking hold, complementing our stronghold in the traditional systems market," said Larry Singer, Sun's senior vice president and strategic insights officer.
"The increased unit volume is allowing us to capture more ISVs and expand our footprint in the enterprise -- creating a vehicle for long-term product and services revenue growth," added Singer.
Sun demonstrated significant growth and outpaced competitors in a number of key areas, including All OS platform server unit shipment market share both on an annual (Y/Y) and sequential (Q/Q) basis and Unix platform server unit and revenue market share both Y/Y and Q/Q than all other Top 5 vendors combined. Opteron and UltraSPARC processor shipments and revenue both increased Q/Q and Y/Y, while Itanium server shipments declined Q/Q.
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Sun grew more revenue and unit market share both year-to-year (+2.2 and +7.0 points respectively) and sequentially (+7.8 and +4.7 points respectively) in the Unix platform server market than any competitor, while maintaining its leadership position.
