2011-05-03

Global revenues climbed by the operating system: Microsoft IBM HP top three

According to the latest market research institute Gartner data showed,as the 2010 market demand for IT products and services started to recover, 2010 global operating system market revenue increased 7.8%, amounted to $ 30.4 billion. Leading Microsoft’s market share there have been 0.7% by the operating system up, followed by IBM and HP, respectively, but its market share and 7.5%, respectively.

Gartner pointed out in his report, with the general improvement of the situation in the global economy, global operating system market revenues increased from $ 28.14 billion in 2009 to $ 30.4 billion for 2010.

Microsoft’s operating system is still in lead, increased market share from the cent in 2009 to amount per cent in 2010. IBM and HP followed market occupies and 7.5% respectively.

Gartner analyst Matthew · range (Matthew Cheung), said: “as the world economy recover from landslides, allowed long-term ongoing demand for personal computers to release, thus promoting the growth of the client operating system market. ”

Oracle acquired Sun’s Solaris business by virtue of in April 2009, ranked by 2009, the rose in the operating system market in 2010 to 4th place.

Under the influence of Mac desktop and notebook sales strong, 2010 Mac operating system occupies a 1.7% market, revenues reached US $ 520 million.

Open source software Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system became the largest increase in revenues, according to Gartner statistics, Red Hat in 2010 revenues surged to us $ 610 million, than in 2009 by 18%.

Despite the astonishing increase in Red Hat’s revenues, but Microsoft is still the overlord of the operating system, Windows 7 and Windows Server operating system launched in 2010, makes the company revenue rose by 8.8%, to us $ 23.8 billion.

According to Gartner’s analysis, significant growth indicates the server operating system Red Hat users start gradual acceptance of Linux systems.

Server operating system is used primarily by IBM and HP Unix system introduced by the ruling, Gartner says: “the server operating system market, due to greater use of open standards to the end user’s system, making Linux system in rapid growth in 2010. But Unix market are generally only slight growth or negative growth. ”

By contrast, IBM and HP’s revenue increase of just and 5.6%, respectively.

Apple Mac OS
X provides the company with the proceeds not small, 2010 revenues reached US $ 520 million, compared with 2009 rose by 15.8%. According to Gartner’s analysis, as Apple continues to push
More iPhone and iPad products, there will be more users into the acquisition in the tide of Apple Mac to promote its further growth in revenues.

While Apple and Red Hat’s revenues showed strong growth momentum, but the operating system market share growth remain high, Apple only to enhance the 0.1% to the 1.7%,Red Hat you enhance the 0.2% per cent. And Microsoft has enhanced the 0.7% per cent, still dominates the market for the entire industry.

According to Gartner’s analysis, Microsoft will continue to rule the operating system market is there is no suspense, but Linux is gradually thick product sends thinly, had begun at least developed in the high-end server market. (SINA science and technology/Lin Jing)

Tags: climbed, global, Microsoft, operating, revenues, system, three

No comments:

Post a Comment