
PFE1100-12-054NA White Paper Issue 6
Expected Server Growth Through 2010.
This power supply is primarily aimed at the server industry, so it makes sense to take a snapshot of that
industry to gauge the demand.
The server industry took a distinctive downward trend throughout 2009 as OEM’s and IT customers reduced
budgets quarter by quarter to reduce costs. Roadmaps were halted, major programs postponed, and for a
while innovation and new designs either slowed down or stopped. Industry experts at IDC and Gartner do
expect 2010 to herald the return to a recovery throughout 2010 and into 2011, particularly in the X86 space,
where demand for blade and volume servers is expected to accelerate, as infrastructures consolidate and to
satisfy a pent up demand in the corporate space taking hold.
The ?nancial markets are expecting growth in volume servers and blades from 3Q10 with positive growth
around 2Q10. Mid-to-high range servers will have to wait until 1Q11 to see any real growth.
It is not all good news, although growth is expected we are coming out of a deep and extended recession.
The industry has changed, and that change is set to remain for some time; the bubble truly burst. EMEA is
expected to recover slower than the U.S. with IDC predictions of 2.4% increases for 2010 in Europe compared
to the 27% decline throughout 2009. Due to the downward trend, customers of mid-to-high end servers
began considering x86 solutions and server virtualization for increasing workloads across fewer servers.
In reality, industry is preparing for a four-year recovery to reverse the decline seen throughout 2009, and
maybe even six years to see the peaks of 2007 return.
Server sales dropped six quarters in a row. Table 1 below shows the 4Q09 revenues from the main OEM’s.
Table 1. 4Q09 OEM sales revenues.
Dell
HP
Sun/Oracle
IBM
Fujitsu
P e r i t u s P o w e r !
OEM
REVENUE
$337.5 million
$1.4 billion
$387 million
$1.29 billion
$201 million
4
SALES DOWN %
-16%
-9.6%
-18.6%
-10.1%
-4.7%
P o w e r - O n e I N C . 1 U P F E 11 0 0 - 1 2 - 0 5 4 N A P l a t i n u m