China boosts Asian server sales
According to a Gartner/Dataquest report, server shipments to the Asia-Pacific region (excluding Japan) in the second quarter of 2001 grew 7 percent to 143,499 units, from 133,994 units in the same period a year ago.
The strongest growth came out of China, which saw its server market grow 26 percent year on year. Between April and June this year, 59,331 units were shipped, compared with 47,251 units last year.
On a quarter-to-quarter basis, Asia's server market grew 4 percent in the second quarter (from the first quarter in 2001), while China's grew 12 percent. However, these were still far lower than last year's growth figures for the corresponding quarters--20 percent for Asia and 35 percent for China. -- Nawaz Marican, Special to ZDNet News