People seeking IT jobs may be interested to hear that a study by Gartner found that such shipments rose 27.1 per cent year-on-year during the period, while revenue also climbed 14.3 per cent.
It also revealed that HP was the dominant force in the server market based on revenue, ahead of the likes of IBM, Dell, Oracle and Fujitsu.
Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice-president at Gartner, said while some regional variations emerged, all areas tended to enjoy improved market conditions.
He added: 'x86-based servers grew 28.9 per cent in units in the second quarter and 37.0 per cent in revenues. RISC/Itanium Unix servers remained constrained, with declines of 16.5 per cent in shipments and decreases of 8.8 per cent in vendor revenues, compared to the same quarter last year.'
Previous research from Gartner found that the western PC market grew 19.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2010.
It also revealed that HP was the dominant force in the server market based on revenue, ahead of the likes of IBM, Dell, Oracle and Fujitsu.
Jeffrey Hewitt, research vice-president at Gartner, said while some regional variations emerged, all areas tended to enjoy improved market conditions.
He added: 'x86-based servers grew 28.9 per cent in units in the second quarter and 37.0 per cent in revenues. RISC/Itanium Unix servers remained constrained, with declines of 16.5 per cent in shipments and decreases of 8.8 per cent in vendor revenues, compared to the same quarter last year.'
Previous research from Gartner found that the western PC market grew 19.6 per cent in the second quarter of 2010.
