In 2005, IBM had easily run away with everything, he added. And the company still commands a strong hold on the top spot this year. Sun's strides took more share away from HP than from IBM.
In terms of overall technology performance, IBM had a score of 107.5. That means IBM's users gave it extremely high marks, and HP's and Sun's users defected from their own vendors and threw their votes in with IBM, pushing it over the normally perfect score of 100. In the same technology category, HP had the most defections, bringing in a score of just 63.
For partitioning and virtualization capabilities, IBM had a score of 106, Sun had an 82, and HP scored a 60. For the quality of 'break fix' and maintenance, Sun came in last with a score of 72. HP pulled in a 78 and IBM came out on top again with 102.
IBM wasn't the top dog when it comes to system management. Sun came out on top in that category with a 95, IBM came in second with 90, and HP pulled in third with 81.
Olds noted that Sun had successful product launches this year with its T1000 and T2000 Niagara-based servers, and also managed to increase its revenue significantly. These factors really gave the company a boost in the market.
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