IBM Takes Lead in UNIX Server Market

IBM is touting data from analyst IDC that found Big Blue to be the revenue leader in the global UNIX server market and tied for the number two spot worldwide for x86 Intel servers in 2004. In total, IBM earns the most revenue from its server sales operations than any other vendor.

The IDC study also discloses that IBM is experiencing the highest rate of growth in both the Intel and Linux server product categories among leading vendors on a year-to-year basis. IBM blade server revenue in 4Q04 and FY2004 was also the highest. The study comes as good news for IBM, which earlier this week debuted its mainframe-inspired eServer X3 architecture and "Hurricane" chipset.