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IBM to promote Unix server in India
By agencies
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Tuesday, 05 July 2005, 19:30 IST
BANGALORE: With response to its Power5 processor based servers growing every day, IBM is confident of usurping HP from its number one position in the Unix server market in India.
Worldwide, IBM has the leadership position in the $21 billion Unix server business.
According to IDC's quarterly tracker, IBM emerged as the number one vendor in the overall server market in the country.
However, it has not been able to repeat this success in the Unix market in India. Now, IBM hopes to change this scenario by focusing acquiring more customers. The company recently signed on Titan Industries, HDFC and Bajaj as Power5 customers.
From a 27 percent market share in 2004, the company increased its share of the Unix pie to 30.2 percent in Q4'04. Betting on its flagship Power 5 based servers, the company hopes to target high potential verticals like telecom, banking and financial services and the government sectors in India.
IBM India systems and technology group country manager Alok Ohrie said, Our Power5 range has set a record by achieving 57 performance benchmarks worldwide. We are confident that our superior performance against our competitors HP and Sun, would make the IBM Power5 series ideal for SAP customers.
To enable more customer wins, IBM is increasing its engagement with its tier two partners. The company would be rolling out channel enablement and training programs across six cities for 200 business partners.