Worldwide Workstation 2Q06 Vendor Shares

This IDC study accompanies the U.S. and Worldwide Workstation Tracker and the Workstation Regional Tracker. It provides an overview of market performance, analyzes key changes, and reports general trends for the second quarter of 2006. The second quarter of 2006 experienced mixed results as units increased to their highest point in at least four years but revenue declined sequentially.

"The overall workstation market declined in revenue but increased in workstation shipments in the second quarter of 2006; average selling prices (ASPs) continued to decline even as new workstations were introduced by the vendors. The workstation market is undergoing a technology change as dual-core and 64-bit workstations are introduced. This has resulted in increased shipments as users replace their older machines with ones offering increased performance. IDC forecasts steady growth for the PWS market segment and a slow but steady decline in revenue in the TWS space," said Lloyd Cohen, director, Worldwide Market Analysis, Global Enterprise Server Solutions.