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The new 1st quarter 2010 Global Data Corp. numbers are out for the worldwide server market. According to the market researcher,Office Professional Plus 2010, Windows Server is nonetheless the runaway leader, with regards to operating technique unit shipments, and in addition nevertheless in 1st place in terms of revenues in comparison to Unix and Linux.In Q1 2010, Windows Server was put in on 75.3 % with the servers sold worldwide. Linux was on twenty.eight percent with the servers and Unix on only 3.six %. Both Windows Server and Linux grew in share from Q4 2009 to Q1 2010; Unix declined slightly.Around the revenue side with the house, Windows Server-based systems introduced in 48.9 percent with the dollars globally, IDC said. Unix was No. two with 22 percent and Linux, third, with 16.two %. As within the situation of units, Unix-based methods misplaced share among Q4 2009 and Q1 2010.Here are IDC;s most recent figures,Windows 7 Code, as well as the similar IDC information for Q4 2009. Note the percentages don;t total 100. That's due to the fact IDC consists of an unspecified “other” category that is not included here.Q1 2010 unitsWindows 1,379,487 (75.3%)
Unix 65,451 (3.6%)
Linux 380,429 (twenty.8%)
Q4 2009 unitsWindows 1,434,Windows 7 Discount,225 (73.9%)
Unix 84,851 ( 4.4%)
Linux 412,Microsoft Office Standard 2010,041 (21.2%)Q1 2010 dollarsWindows $5.1 billion (48.9%)
Unix $2.three billion (22.2%)
Linux $1.7 billion (sixteen.2%)Q4 2009 dollarsWindows $5.4 billion (41.6%)
Unix $3.9 billion (29.9%)
Linux $1.9 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, as hardware revenue increased 33.6% and unit shipments increased 28.3% year over year. Quarterly income of $5.1 billion for Windows servers represented 48.9% of overall quarterly factory income. 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, which began shipping in Q1, and, separately, HP Integrity servers according to Intel Itanium 9300 processors that were announced in April. Globally Unix revenues were $2.three billion for the quarter, representing 22.2% of quarterly server spending (down 10.5 points over 1Q09). Microsoft is expected to deliver a initial 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 with all 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 said earlier this year that Windows 7 SP1 would be a conglomeration of bug fixes and updates, and would not include any new features. About the server facet,Microsoft Office 2010 Pro, SP1 will include two new virtualiztion features, Microsoft officials have stated.These new features include a new graphics acceleration platform, known as RemoteFX, that's based 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.