For the 15th consecutive quarter, HP has beaten all other major vendors in the worldwide server market while taking share in total server revenue, according to fourth quarter 2005 figures released by IDC.

HP continued to be No. 1 in total worldwide revenue and units for Windows®, Linux and the high-end UNIX® server market. HP also led in all three of the major operating systems combined, Windows, Linux and UNIX – which comprise more than 95 per cent of all servers shipped worldwide and 78.7 per cent of all server revenue.

Additionally, HP demonstrated strong revenue growth year-over-year in calendar year 2005 for x86 servers (up 16.1 per cent) and Intel® Itanium® 2 (Epic-based servers (up 75.0 per cent).

“These numbers reflect HP’s solid execution in the fourth quarter and the value we deliver to customers across our server portfolio,” said Mark Hudson, vice-president of marketing, enterprise storage and Servers, HP.