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Gartner's Dataquest Says Latin America Server Shipments Grew 17 Percent in Second Quarter 2000
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San Jose, Calif., September 11, 2000 - Economic recovery in Brazil, continued growth in Mexico and increasing adoption of technology by Latin American businesses have driven expansion in the server market. Latin American server shipments in the second quarter of 2000 surpassed 41,000 units, an increase of 17 percent over the same period last year, according Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner Group, Inc. (NYSE: IT and ITB).
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Compaq and IBM held onto the No. 1 and No. 2 positions (see Table 1), although the companies had shipments decline 24 percent and 26 percent, respectively.
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"White box entry-level servers are on the rise in Latin America, at the expense of these two international vendors," said Luis Anavitarte, director for Dataquest's Latin America research. "Compaq and IBM were also faced with increased competition in the entry-level segment by other vendors like Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer and Alaska."
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"In the mid and high-end servers, Compaq, IBM, and Sun Microsystems are benefiting with the growing presence and technological requirements from Internet service providers (ISPs) and application service providers (ASPs)," said Lillian Alvarado, industry analyst for Dataquest's Server Quarterly Statistics Latin America program. "The ISPs and ASPs are contributing to a shift in product composition toward servers with higher average revenue."
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Latin America Server Vendor Unit Shipment Estimates for Second Quarter 2000
(Units)
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2Q00 Shipments
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2Q00 Market Share (%)
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2Q99 Shipments
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2Q99 Market Share (%)
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Growth
(%) |
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Compaq
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7,717
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18.8
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10,157
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28.9
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-24.0
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IBM
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5,744
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14.0
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7,731
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22.0
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-25.7
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Hewlett-Packard
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2,855
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7.0
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1,857
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5.3
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53.7
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Acer
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2,319
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5.6
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1,236
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3.5
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87.6
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Dell
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2,148
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5.2
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1,569
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4.5
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36.9
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Alaska
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1,344
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3.3
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187
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0.5
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618.7
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Sun Microsystems
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1,149
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2.8
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1,354
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3.8
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-15.1
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Others
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17,785
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43.3
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11,097
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31.5
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60.3
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Total Market
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41,061
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100.0
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35,188
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100.0
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16.7
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Source: Dataquest (September 2000)
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Brazil continued to lead all countries in the region, as it accounted for 36 percent of the market, with shipments reaching 14,738 units. Mexico represented 20 percent of server shipments in the quarter, as it totaled 8,113 units, and Argentina, with shipments of 5,329 units, was the No. 3 country with 13 percent of the market.
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This information is part of Dataquest's Server Quarterly Statistics Latin America program. This program surveys the leading worldwide and local server makers in Latin America. This program offers the most detailed and timely data and analysis on the Latin America server market.
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or 408-468-8009. More information about Dataquest's programs, descriptions
of recent research reports and full text of press releases can be
found on the Internet at www.dataquest.com.
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