This momentum, according to the research firm, resulted in year-on-year shipment growth of 14 per cent and 22.4 per cent growth in revenues.

"Strong sales were driven by enterprise buying preferences favouring a richer configuration of rack optimised and blade servers," said Gartner principal analyst Errol Rasit.

Gartner's research shows that revenue from RISC/Itanium Unix servers and mainframes grew six per cent and 61 per cent year-on-year, respectively.

"Unlike the rest of the world, the region saw growth in the RISC/Itanium Unix servers and mainframes. Investment was driven by the largest vertical markets such as financial, telecommunications and government," added Rasit.