<div><strong>By Arshad Khan</strong></div><div> </div><div>According to International Data Corporation (IDC) APeJ Server tracker, the x86 Server market in India grew by 39 per cent year-on-year in terms of unit shipment in Q2 2015, while the revenue upswing was of the magnitude of 64 per cent year-on-year. Investments from cloud service providers, e-tail companies and telecommunication providers majorly contributed to this quarter's positive sentiment, said IDC in a release.</div><div> </div><div>The main reason for the growth is cited to be the extraordinary growth of e-commerce companies in India which not only helping entities to expand but also enhancing the growth of other technologies such as storage, server and security.</div><div> </div><div>Ruchika Kakkar, Server Market Analyst says, "Investments from cloud service providers and e-tail companies is expected to rise furthermore, as there is an enhanced focus on building and upgrading home-grown data-centres in India."<br><br>Several e-tail companies in India are faced with infrastructure latency challenges and peak-season traffic outages. This is expected to bring-in more investments to build a robust infrastructure."</div><div> </div><div>The non x86 server market grew by 15 per cent year-on-year in terms of unit shipments and 18 per cent in terms of revenue in Q2 2015. BFSI and Communications & Media verticals were the major contributors to this growth, primarily owing to technology upgrade and refresh deals, which are expected to continue in the coming quarters.</div><div> </div><div>According to Gaurav Sharma, Research Manager - Enterprise (India), "Upgrade and refresh deals continue to flood the market as ramping up infrastructure becomes the key to sustain and grow in this data driven era. Verticals like Banking and Communication & Media are expected to invest more in compute due to an increased indirect demand of supporting conventional as well as e-business transactions more effectively. "</div><div> </div><div>Among vendors, in India x86 market, Dell displaced HP as the leader in Q2 2015 with 39 per cent market share in terms of unit shipment, followed by HP with a market share of 34 per cent. Lenovo's market share dropped from 19 per cent to 11 per cent year-on year. Although white box providers (others) lost marginal market share on a comparative basis, they witnessed 20 percent year-on-year growth in Q2 2015, in terms of absolute unit shipment.</div><div> </div><div>IDC predicts the server market in India is expected to grow in the coming quarters owing to government campaigns like 'Digital India' and "Make in India'.</div><div> </div>
