lenovo tops uae x86 server market in SECOND QUARTER

Dubai – :

Lenovo was the leader in the UAE x86 server market for Q2 2020, according to the latest figures from International Data Corporation’s (IDC) Server Tracker.

Lenovo ranked top in the latest IDC Quarterly Server Tracker, Q2 2020, which showed Lenovo leading in the x86 server space with 25.1% market share by revenue. The company grew its share of x86 server revenue for the key UAE market from 17.4% in the previous quarter, taking Lenovo from third place to first.

Dr Chris Cooper, Director and General Manager, Lenovo Data Centre Group MEA, said: “The success of Lenovo servers in the UAE market is proof of how our customers are selecting Lenovo to be a key enabler of intelligent transformation. Our strong product offering, including partnerships with other technology leaders such as VMware, Microsoft and Nutanix, and our strong support for customers and partners are an important factor in allowing Lenovo to gain the market lead.

“The achievement is the result of the dedication and effort put in by the Lenovo DCG team in leading and supporting customers in their digital transformation journey across the region. It is very clear that Data Centre Group’s market relevance is growing, with the group continuing to earn customer and partner trust in the process of pioneering data center innovations in the market,” Dr Cooper added.

Lenovo’s ThinkSystem servers have topped reliability and uptime ratings for the seventh consecutive year in the ITIC Global Server Hardware Server OS Reliability Survey.

The independent survey of over 1,200 businesses worldwide, compares and analyzes the reliability and availability of the leading server platforms and operating system (OS) distributions, and includes assessment of factors including unplanned downtime, cost of downtime, failure rates of components and security resilience.

Lenovo’s ThinkSystem x86 servers consistently scored the highest results across all categories and measurements, including:

• Highest overall reliability and uptime among all x86 server distributions
• Least amount of unplanned downtime of over four hours among x86 server platforms
• Lowest cost of per minute/per server hourly downtime among x86 machines
• Lowest failure rate of x86 server hardware or components during first year of usage
• Highly rated customer satisfaction for seven straight years