Server sales drop 25 percent worldwide - GoFuckYourself.com

count of monte cristo · 05-28-2009, 10:35 AM

Worldwide server sales suffered a 25 percent drop in the first quarter, hitting their lowest level in at least 12 years, according to a new report from market tracker IDC.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-102...orsPicksArea.0

interesting study, people are apparently really having a hard time reaching in their pockets to buy new hardware

JFK · 05-28-2009, 10:41 AM

just shows the general state of things

Cyandin · 05-28-2009, 10:49 AM

TidalWave · 05-28-2009, 10:59 AM

they could be switching to more cost effective options like Supermicro which probably isn't monitored for trends or they are simply getting less traffic like a lot of people and thus no need to upgrade.

webmasterchecks · 05-28-2009, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by TidalWave

they could be switching to more cost effective options like Supermicro which probably isn't monitored for trends or they are simply getting less traffic like a lot of people and thus no need to upgrade.

or businesses dont anticipate more traffic than they are getting now, at least enough to justify extra servers

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