Comments on: Why is Apple not winning the Server Market?

By: hip2b2

hip2b2 — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:03:37 +0000

@abeolandres tama! in that sense, yes. But not in the Job’s sense! Haha

By: ricoz

ricoz — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:17:31 +0000

@abeolandres because not all their products are superior. Proves that quality is what makes a product sell, not hype.

By: abeolandres

abeolandres — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:12:21 +0000

@hip2b2 I thought “the cooler” the server, the better they perform? hehehe

By: hip2b2

hip2b2 — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:11:17 +0000

@abeolandres the server market is a commodity game. Companies don’t buy servers because they are cool

By: abeolandres

abeolandres — Thu, 20 May 2010 14:07:06 +0000

Wrote this 2 years ago: if Apple makes superior products, why isn’t Apple winning the server market? http://www.yugatech.com/blog/anything-ap...

By: jeromea

jeromea — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:22:27 +0000

bottomline is that apple understands the consumer market but not the enterprise/corporate market. they are newbies in that field. this market doesn’t get fooled by steve’s smoke and mirrors…

By: iceman9

iceman9 — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:16:20 +0000

uhumm… i wonder what infrastructure does an apple server support? hosting services anyone? can’t beat out the crap of the server price, the roi takes long to recover.. costs incurred…. heheheh

By: tony

tony — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:29:32 +0000

personally I’d prefer HP server over any apple OS type server

By: Rolly

Rolly — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:42:43 +0000

Just want to add another one. When choosing servers for a specific enterprise solution, you don’t usually check the cost of the servers first. It’s the package that you’d look for. For example, one client hosts applications in WebSphere App Servers so it may have been wise to use IBM products. Another client may only need Linux AS servers so Dell Blade servers would suffice.

It does explain why you’d rarely see it in datacenters (I just figured this out) since Mac OS can’t really put a dent into IBM’s server + application package solution, or Dell’s server + desktop/notebook marketshare (most of Manila IT companies have Dell workstations, why not servers?)

Just my 2 cents. I just think Apple isn’t really into this enterprise niche.

By: Rolly

Rolly — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:32:59 +0000

I think it depends on what size of the enterprise you’re talking about.

I’ve seen quote sheets from Dell and IBM. Mind you the price can be expensive too. From the cost that you’ve shown though I can’t make a direct comparison.

And by the way, for enterprise servers you can’t just buy busted RAMs from other vendors to replace in your enterprise server. You have to buy them at the vendor and does come at a premium.

I’m not saying Mac Servers are not expensive, I just don’t think your post has enough valid comparative data to say so. I may want to check Twit’s podcast to see how they did the comparison.

By the way, I haven’t seen one datacenter with Xserver’s either and I’m still curious why.

By: jho2x

jho2x — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:24:48 +0000

I think apple does not doing well in the enterprise it because of their marketing strategies

By: jho2x

jho2x — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:23:27 +0000

I think apple does not doing well in the enterprise it because of their marketing strategies/Management….