Shipments of servers have fallen on because of the crisis. Between October and December they fell by 12% compared to the same period of 2008. The research group IDC reported a that sales revenue of the server vendors decreased by 14%. According to the firm, server sales have flattened by the U.S. recession. The European and Asian markets have also registered a dropoff in server purchases.
The major hardware producers IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Dell are the companies that is expected to be most hit the the decrease of sales in the server market.