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IBM, HP, Dell Show Healthy Growth in Server Market: Page 2 of 4

Revenues for the full year of 2005 are expected to increase by 5 percent, according to Gartner.

Among the vendors, IBM held on to the top spot, despite a nearly 1 percent drop in market share to 29.8 percent. No. 2 Hewlett-Packard increased its market share to 28.1 percent from 25.9 percent a year ago, and third-place Dell strengthened its position by boosting revenues nearly a percent to 10.8 percent.

No. 4 Sun Microsystems held on to number four despite a dip in market share to 9.5 percent from 10.3 percent. Fifth-place Fujitsu/Fujitsu Siemens's share was nearly flat at 7.2 percent.

"There were no surprises at all," McLaughlin said of the vendors' performance.

IBM is expected to remain the revenue leader in 2005, picking up sales in the second half of the year, McLaughlin said. Companies usually buy IBM's high-end computers, a major source of its revenues, later in the year, after they finalize budgets.