I believe IDC has named Dell as the leader in HCI currently – makes me worry for a stock like NTNX.
Looks like it depends on whether you are looking at hardware or software.
https://searchstorage.techtarget.com/blog/Storage-Soup/Dell-…
Dell EMC extended its lead over Nutanix in hyper-converged systems sales in the second quarter, although Nutanix crept ahead of Dell-owned VMware into first when the market is measured by HCI software.…
On the software side, Nutanix revenue grew 88.9% year-over-year to $498 million and 34.2% of the HCI market. It slipped past VMware, which grew 97% year-over-year to $496 million and 34.1% share. IDC considers Nutanix and VMware in a statistical tie because they are within one percent in share. VMware’s share jumped from 30.9% in the second quarter of 2017 to 34.1% a year later. But it dropped from 37.2% share in the first quarter while Nutanix increased from 35.2% to 34.2% quarter-over-quarter to catch VMware. However, Dell did receive part of Nutanix’s revenue gains because the Dell EMC XC platform uses Nutanix software through an OEM deal.
Dell had $79 million in HCI software, putting it in a statistical tie Cisco ($77 million) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise ($72 million). Dell had 5.4% share, Cisco 5.3% and HPE 4.9% — all within one percent.
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