BWI: Fujitsu has Highest Growth Among Top 5 Global Server Vendors in 4Q10

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Fujitsu India Pvt. Ltd.
Thursday, March 03, 2011 04:03 PM IST (10:33 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Economy; Business: Banking & financial services, Business services, Financial Analyst, Information technology, Stock exchanges; Technology
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Fujitsu has Highest Growth Among Top 5 Global Server Vendors in 4Q10
Focuses on customer needs, delivers above-average market growth, and underlines successful globalization

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, March 03, 2011 -- (Business Wire India) -- Fujitsu has the highest growth among the top five vendors in the worldwide server market for 4Q10, according to the independent market research firm Gartner (Market Share Alert: Server Shipments, Worldwide, 4Q10; Moderate Finish in 2010 for the Server Market, by Heeral Kota and Errol Rasit, ID Number: G00210339). With global year-on-year growth of 12.6 percent in server unit shipments*, Fujitsu increased both sales and market share.

In the expanding x86 server market segment, Fujitsu also delivered the strongest growth among the top five server vendors, increasing global year-on-year sales of its PRIMERGY lines by 12.5 per cent** in comparison to a market average growth of 6.3 percent. In EMEA, PRIMERGY x86 industry standard servers enjoyed a huge 20.8 percent year-on-year growth in shipments, more than a factor of four times the average market growth of 4.8 percent.***

Says Jens-Peter Seick, Senior Vice President Datacenter Systems at Fujitsu Technology Solutions: "We believe the latest independent market figures underline that Fujitsu is on the right track by focusing on customer needs and delivering better long-term value. We are also seeing the benefits of the global rollout of the Fujitsu SELECT partner program. Although we continue to focus on growing our market share, our strategy is not to achieve gains just by
slashing prices."

In the period 1Q-3Q10 Fujitsu x86 server unit shipments in India, grew by 184% and x86 server revenues grew 227% against overall server market growth of 23% in unit terms and 37% in revenue terms.

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is a leading provider of ICT-based business solutions for the global marketplace. With approximately 170,000 employees supporting customers in 70 countries, Fujitsu combines a worldwide corps of systems and services experts with highly reliable computing and communications products and advanced microelectronics to deliver added value to customers. Headquartered in Tokyo, Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.6 trillion yen (US$50 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Technology Solutions

Fujitsu Technology Solutions is the leading European IT infrastructure provider with a presence in all key markets in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, plus India, serving large-, medium- and small-sized companies as well as consumers. With its Dynamic Infrastructures approach, the company offers a full portfolio of IT products, solutions and services, ranging from clients to datacenter solutions, Managed Infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Fujitsu Technology Solutions employs more than 13,000 people and is part of the global Fujitsu Group. For more information, please see: ts.fujitsu.com/aboutus.

All other company or product names mentioned herein are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Information provided in this press release is accurate at time of publication and is subject to change without advance notice.


CONTACT DETAILS
Jayanthi Sethuraman, Head, Marketing and Alliance, Fujitsu India Pvt. Ltd., +91 9845325527, jayanthi.s@fujitsu .com
Gaurav Patra, Director, Value 360 Communications, +91 9810639290, gaurav@value360india.com

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