Dell EMC Claims Top Server Vendor Spot With $4B in Revenue, IDC Says

Dell EMC held onto the No. 1 server vendor spot with 17.5 percent revenue share, or $4.09 billion, during the third quarter of 2018, according to IDC’s latest numbers. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) once again came in No. 2, with 16.3 percent revenue share ($3.81 billion). Also during the quarter Dell EMC grew revenue 33.3 percent year over year, while HPE grew revenue 14.8 percent. Inspur was third, and Lenovo was fourth. IBM, Huawei, and Cisco rounded out the top group, all statistically tied with vendor revenue shares of 5.1 percent, 4.5 percent, and 4.5 percent respectively. According to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, vendor revenue in the worldwide server market increased 37.7 percent year over year to $23.4 billion during the third quarter of 2018. This marks the fifth consecutive quarter of double-digit revenue growth and its highest total revenue in a single quarter ever.