Digitalization driving the growth of x86 server market for the third consecutive quarter 

A server is a computer, a device or a program that is dedicated to managing network resources. Servers are often referred to as dedicated because they carry out hardly any other tasks apart from their server tasks. According to IDC, “the overall server market in India witnessed a year-over-year (YoY) increase of 33.7 percent in terms of revenue to reach $354.8 million in Q1 2018 versus $265.3 million in Q1 2017.” The x86 server market grew significantly accounting for 92.0 percent of overall server market in terms of revenue during Q1 2018, with major deals coming from tier-1 telcos, large IT, ITeS companies, banking and retail. It witnessed a YoY growth of 33.0 percent to reach $326.3 million in Q1 2018 up from $245.3 million during Q1 2017, with professional services, telecommunications and manufacturing being the top three verticals. The non x86 server market grew by 42.8 percent YoY in terms of revenue to reach $28.5 million in Q1 2018.

Key Takeaways: Deals from Government towards digitalization, e-governance, smart city and surveillance projects that are in the pipeline will further fuel the growth of the Indian server market in the coming quarters. Growing SMBs, and IT investments from enterprises towards datacenter consolidation will be some of the other factors that will boost the growth of the server market.

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