The x86 server market in China for 1Q2014: keys actors, figures, trends and facts.

Our unique experience of this market, progressively, leads us to observe and learn that, the overall x86 server market in China is and will be led, paced and driven by the following trends: investments of Internet companies in infrastructures increase; demand of the traditional IT enterprises for local products emerges and is led by local vendors such as Huawei, Inspur, Lenovo and Sugon.

Government sectors will continue to invest and upgrade IT infrastructures. Cloud technologies and platforms, Social tools, Mobility and Big Data/Analytics methodologies and technologies witness great momentum. Integrated end-to-end solutions, as the overall trend, henceforth represent the keys differentiators.

As part of our global commitment, we have captured for you, the IDC China x86

Server Tracker, 14Q1.

According to this Index, x86 Server shipments of China market in 1Q14 totaled 350,000 units, marking a year-on-year increase of 22.9%. Meanwhile, the factory revenue of x86 servers in 1Q14 reached USD1.07 billion, growing by 24.5% over the same period last year.

Connectikpeople.co soon Retinknow®, also observes that, demands for virtualization workload consolidation and migration of low end Unix towards x86 servers platform have continued to drive the x86 servers market.

In terms of shipment, Dell tops China x86 server market with a share of 20.2%. Inspur scored a YoY growth of 117% in 1Q14 thanks to its major wins with Internet companies. China domestic vendors Huawei, Lenovo, Inspur, and Sugon together with the international brands HP and IBM form the 2nd tier that each accounts for a share between 8%-15%.