This IDC study presents IDC Canada's review of the 2008 performance of the major server hardware vendors in Canada. This document reviews the relative market share for each of the major vendors and helps both server vendors and users alike make positive decisions and understand positioning of products and services in the market.

"The declining server spend in the Canadian server market presents a difficult environment for server vendors to operate in," said Tarun Bhasin, senior research analyst, Canadian Server Market, IDC Canada. "To be successful, vendors will need to identify and have a clear focus on the high-growth segments such as blade servers."