SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. saw its year-over-year server market revenue share grow by 1.3 points according to the Gartner Q2CY06 Worldwide Server Quarterly Statistics, which was released today. Sun was the only top-four server vendor to achieve year-over-year server factory revenue growth, posting a 13.7% gain.
In worldwide UNIX revenue, Sun established itself as the top server vendor by gaining 5.2 points of market share while its two nearest competitors declined. Sun's Solaris servers now account for the majority of UNIX server shipments worldwide with 56.9% share. Sun's year-to-year Solaris server revenue was up 12.9% while the nearest two competitors saw declines in their UNIX server revenue.
Sun also continued to grow its x64 (x86, 64-bit), "Niagara" (Sun Fire(TM) CoolThreads), and UltraSPARC(TM) IV+ server revenue.
"All the data is now in and we believe the result is clear: Sun has the right formula for growth," said John Fowler, executive vice president, Sun's systems group. "We open sourced the Solaris 10 operating platform which is driving significant adoption; our x64 products are growing at an incredible clip; and we're clearly demonstrating the strength and innovation of our SPARC systems. While the others are faltering Sun is on the right track."
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