Flat Growth Noted in EMEA Server Market

Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Server shipments rose only 0.6 percent in 3Q11. As reported on CBR Online, server shipments were 546,883, 1 percent less than in the same quarter last year and server market revenue performance in the Western European subregion was below the EMEA average with server sales down 1.4 percent annually.

"Falling Western European revenue share of the overall EMEA server market, which generated 74.8% of total sales, is the smallest percentage since IDC records began. IDC is of the belief that the current fluctuations of the exchange rate as the euro devaluates in the currency markets and more specifically against the dollar had a significant effect on server system revenue in Western Europe."

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