India server market declined 16%

New Delhi: The overall server market in India witnessed a year-over-year (YoY) decline of 16.2 per cent in terms of revenue -- to hit $298 million in the first quarter of 2019 versus $355.8 million in Q1 last year, the International Data Corporation (IDC) said on Thursday.

The x86 server market now accounts for 88.9 per cent of the overall server market in terms of revenue.

The x86 server market in terms of revenue declined (YoY) by 19 per cent to reach $264.9 million in Q1 2019 from $327.3 million in Q1 2018.

The non x86 server market increased YoY by 15.9 per cent to reach $33.1 million revenue in Q1.

IBM tops the market with a revenue share of 76.5 per cent, followed by Oracle with share of 17.9 and HPE with 5.6 per cent, said IDC.