IBM Expands Number One Position in Servers During 2Q 2004

ARMONK, NY -- -- 08/27/2004 -- According to IDC, in 2Q 2004, IBM was once again the number one server vendor in the world based on factory revenue.[1] IBM built upon the revenue leadership position it had established in 2003.

According to IDC [2]:

** IBM remained number one in overall servers gaining worldwide revenue year-to-year.
** IBM had the largest world wide server revenue growth of any major vendor year-to-year.
** IBM is the number one vendor in terms of revenue for blade servers year-to-year.
** IBM was the fastest-growing blade server vendor in the world year-to-year.

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[1] Source: IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, August 2004.

[2] Growth comparisons done on a year-to-year basis.

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