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The new very first quarter 2010 Global Data Corp. numbers are out for that worldwide server marketplace. According to the market researcher, Windows Server is still the runaway leader, when it comes to running system unit shipments, and in addition nevertheless in 1st location in terms of revenues compared to Unix and Linux.In Q1 2010,Windows 7, Windows Server was put in on seventy five.three % with the servers sold worldwide. Linux was on twenty.eight percent with the servers and Unix on only three.six %. Each Windows Server and Linux grew in share from Q4 2009 to Q1 2010; Unix declined somewhat.Around the revenue facet of the house, Windows Server-based systems introduced in 48.9 % of the dollars globally, IDC mentioned. Unix was No. two with 22 percent and Linux,Windows 7, third, with sixteen.2 percent. As inside the situation of units, Unix-based techniques misplaced share among Q4 2009 and Q1 2010.Right here are IDC;s latest figures, along with the equivalent IDC information for Q4 2009. Note the percentages don;t total 100. That's due to the fact IDC includes an unspecified “other” category that is not included here.Q1 2010 unitsWindows 1,379,487 (75.3%)
Unix 65,451 (three.6%)
Linux 380,429 (20.8%)
Q4 2009 unitsWindows 1,434,225 (73.9%)
Unix 84,851 ( 4.4%)
Linux 412,041 (21.2%)Q1 2010 dollarsWindows $5.1 billion (48.9%)
Unix $2.three billion (22.2%)
Linux $1.7 billion (16.2%)Q4 2009 dollarsWindows $5.4 billion (41.6%)
Unix $3.9 billion (29.9%)
Linux $1.nine billion (14.7%)A few more observations from IDC;s latest report: Microsoft Windows server demand was positively impacted by the accelerating x86 server marketplace,Microsoft Office Enterprise 2007, as hardware revenue increased 33.6% and unit shipments increased 28.3% year over year. Quarterly revenue of $5.1 billion for Windows servers represented 48.9% of overall quarterly factory revenue. This is the highest percentage of server hardware income that Windows servers have ever represented.Unix servers experienced 29.0% income decline when in comparison to 1Q09 as customers waited for additional detail around the Sun-Oracle server roadmap. They were also anticipating a ramp of IBM POWER7 servers,Windows 7 Serial, which began shipping in Q1, and, separately, HP Integrity servers depending on Intel Itanium 9300 processors that were announced in April. Worldwide Unix revenues were $2.3 billion for your quarter, representing 22.2% of quarterly server spending (down 10.5 points over 1Q09). Microsoft is expected to deliver a 1st beta of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack (SP) 1 — and, by extension, Windows 7 SP1 — any time now. I wouldn;t be surprised to see the Softies announce and/or deliver that beta next week, in conjunction together with the company;s Tech Ed conference. Even though Microsoft has been advising IT admins not to wait for SP1 to move to Windows Server 2008 R2, a number of organizations nevertheless insist on waiting for SP1 before moving to a new version of Windows.Microsoft officials stated earlier this year that Windows 7 SP1 would be a conglomeration of bug fixes and updates, and would not include any new features. Around the server facet, SP1 will include two new virtualiztion features,Office 2007 Serial, Microsoft officials have mentioned.These new features include a new graphics acceleration platform, known as RemoteFX, that is depending on desktop-remoting technology that Microsoft obtained in 2008 when it acquired Calista Technologies. There also will be a new addition to Hyper-V that will dynamically adjust memory of a guest virtual machine on demand.