Huawei's server shipment volume ranked third in the global market in Q4 2016 improving from its fourth-place slot, according to a recent market report released by Gartner, a global IT technology research and consultancy company.

Since 2015, Huawei servers have been crucial components of many successful projects at the world's top banks, Internet providers, power grids, oil companies, and automobile manufacturers.

This recent market ranking demonstrates the increasing market influence of Huawei servers, and is an accurate reflection of the excellent quality and innovation that has become synonymous with Huawei servers, it stated.

Huawei servers are now used by over 5,000 customers across more than 150 countries globally. This ranking is the highest in Huawei's server history, and is regarded as a significant milestone, said a top company official.

"These rankings indicate a significant milestone and they provide Huawei servers with a strong starting point for 2017. In addition to their continued success in traditional enterprise applications, our servers continue to excel in new domains, including cloud computing, big data, deep learning, and big video," remarked Qiu Long, the president, IT Server Product Line, Huawei.

Huawei is focused on maintaining its culture of innovation and growth, and with over 10 per cent of its annual revenue continuously going to R&D, Huawei builds servers that are centered on the needs of its customers, he added.-TradeArabia News Service