Apple Computer's Xserve G5 offers significant processing power, notable storage capacity, and robust remote-management capabilities, making the server perfect for corporate environments. So why aren't more businesses buying them? Unix maintains only about 8 percent of server-environment shipments worldwide, according to IDC analyst Dan Kusnetzky. Of those shipments, Apple is responsible for approximately 5 percent.
These numbers indicate that, when compared to other server manufacturers, Apple is a minor player in the business market, despite its development of a machine that has been praised for exceptional performance. Although the Xserve has as much power and capability as many competing hardware offerings, the machine has yet to make serious inroads in the enterprise environment.
News source: NewsFactor
