According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker, factory revenues in the worldwide server market declined 5.2% on year to $12.6 billion in the third quarter of 2008. This is the largest quarterly revenues decline since the fourth quarter of 2002 as technology spending slowed around the world. Server unit shipments growth of 2.8% on year in the third quarter of 2008 represented the slowest increase in server shipments since the fourth quarter of 2006.

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