IBM is No 1 for commercial desktops, notebooks in India
By Our Convergence Bureau | 29 Apr 2003
The latest tracker report from analyst firm IDC reveals that IBM's NetVista gained 1.6 percentage points in unit market share and increased revenue market share by 1.1 percentage points. The same report also states that IBM led the commercial desktop market in terms of unit shipments with 8.2 per cent share and the notebook segment in terms of revenue with 31.4 per cent share in the just concluded Q4 2002. Says IBM India vice-president,(personal computing division) Alok Ohrie: "A major reason IBM gained share over the competition is our focus on using technology and innovation to help our customers address real business issues. When customers choose IBM, they get more than a box; they get a solution which aims to help them manage the cost of deploying and migrating systems, improving uptime and ensuring secure wireless computing or similar. Our business partner organisations and our non-metro focus have been major contributing factors to this achievement as well." Think path to growth Supporting the Think strategy is IBM's unique ThinkVantage Technologies, which makes the end-user less dependent on IT staff, and at the same time more secured, giving him better uptime and great ownership experience. The ThinkVantage Technologies is Rapid Restore PC, Software Migration Assistant, Embedded Security System, Access IBM, Access Connections and Image Ultra. Focus on growth Adds Ohrie: "We will continue to be active and innovative in the marketplace, by working closely with our channel partners. Together we shall develop products and solutions that will cater to businesses encompassing the small, medium and large enterprises." IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with more than 80 years of leadership in helping businesses innovate. IBM offers a wide range of services, solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to take full advantage of the new era of e-business. |