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The Windows Server Market
What segment of the technology market is growing the fastest? Microsoft has set its sights on the market for enterprise software with the goal of establishing Windows as the corporate computing platform. How is it doing? Microsoft already owns the client side with more than 93% of the worldwide market. On the server side, Microsoft increased its worldwide market share for new shipments from 50.5% in 2001 to 55.1% in 2002. And while other technology areas are slowly recovering momentum, the overall operating system market grew by 4.3% led by a 12.4% increase in sales for the Windows platform.*
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Another market indicator, hardware server shipments, shows Windows-based hardware servers saw the largest gain, a 27% increase in units shipped this year, or $4 billion in the first quarter of 2004. In the same period, Unix-based server revenue declined 3%. Analysts see Microsoft holding its position in the worldwide operating environments market through 2007, despite continued competition from Linux.**
Windows Hardware Server Shipments Grow by 27% in Q1 '04
"Microsoft continues to defy the overall market trends, and has again pulled the market upward from both a unit shipment perspective and from a revenue perspective," according to IDC. "The resurgence in demand for enterprise server solutions that began late last year is expected to continue throughout 2004, expanding worldwide spending for servers."*
*IDC Report, Oct. 8, 2003
** IDC Report, May 28, 2004
The driving force behind the growth of Windows in the enterprise server market is the latest version of the operating system, Windows Server 2003. The new features in Windows Server 2003 have made it a viable competitor to Unix and an obvious upgrade fro Windows-dominated enterprises. There are many new features in Windows Server 2003, but the two most compelling ones are enhanced security and the ability to tap into Microsoft's Windows Server System.
Microsoft's Windows Server System
Microsoft launched the Windows Server System in April 2003. Using Windows Server 2003 as the foundation, the Windows Server System provides IT professionals with an integrated infrastructure designed to deploy technology solutions.
The Windows Server System encompasses 19 Microsoft server products, including:
- SQL Server
- Exchange Server
- Storage Server
- Commerce Server
- BizTalk Server
- Systems Management Server
- SharePoint Portal Server
- Microsoft Operations Manager
These servers are designed to work together so enterprises can reduce costs and deliver a highly reliable and secure IT infrastructure capable of supporting operations now and accommodating future growth. Windows Server System Magazine was created to cover this dynamic marketWindows Server 2003 and the entire set of servers that make up the Windows Server System.
© 2005 Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. Windows Server System is used by Fawcette Technical Publications, Inc. under license from Microsoft Corp. Product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
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