A report by industry analyst Gartner revealed that shipments in the global server market rose by 23 per cent in the opening three months of 2010 when compared to the previous year, which may be good news for IT jobs.
The research also discovered that not all segments of the market fared equally well, with shipments of x86-based servers growing by 25.3 per cent, but falls of 28.5 per cent seen in the RISC/Itanium Unix sector.
Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner, commented: 'We've seen a return to growth on a worldwide level, but the market has not yet returned to the historical quarterly highs that were posted in 2008, and there were some interesting variations in that growth.'
In addition, the report showed HP was the vendor that achieved the most success in terms of revenue with sales of $3.4 billion (£2.4 billion) - which accounted for 31.5 per cent of the market.
Last month, research by IDC claimed that blade servers are increasingly being considered a mainstream technology.
The research also discovered that not all segments of the market fared equally well, with shipments of x86-based servers growing by 25.3 per cent, but falls of 28.5 per cent seen in the RISC/Itanium Unix sector.
Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice president at Gartner, commented: 'We've seen a return to growth on a worldwide level, but the market has not yet returned to the historical quarterly highs that were posted in 2008, and there were some interesting variations in that growth.'
In addition, the report showed HP was the vendor that achieved the most success in terms of revenue with sales of $3.4 billion (£2.4 billion) - which accounted for 31.5 per cent of the market.
Last month, research by IDC claimed that blade servers are increasingly being considered a mainstream technology.
