As data centers migrate to 10 Gigabit Ethernet for server on-ramps, vendors face existing and new opportunities, challenges, and market share volatility in these segments.
A new advanced research report from Dell'Oro Group assesses the size of the Ethernet switch market based on deployment location, tracks market evolution, evaluates vendor strengths and weaknesses, and identifies the growth drivers behind a market now exceeding $20 billion.
"Data center consolidation projects and the rise of cloud services are causing the data center segment to significantly outpace the overall Ethernet switch market. This trend is resulting in data center-focused vendors gaining market share compared to those focused on other segments," commented Alan Weckel, Vice President of Dell'Oro Group. “At the same time, the rise of mobile devices is prompting many enterprises and small and medium-sized businesses to invest more heavily in WLAN. While we haven’t seen a negative impact, we believe that in the coming years, the Enterprise and SMB segments will plateau and then gradually decline in favor of wireless technologies such as 802.11ac. The divergence in market segment performance will have a greater impact on vendor share and product offerings in the coming years than we have experienced in the last decade,” Weckel stated.
The report segments the market into the four main customer deployment locations: data center, enterprise (e.g., campuses and branch offices), SMB, and Carrier Ethernet Services. The report also reveals how Cisco, Dell, D-Link, Hewlett-Packard, Huawei, IBM, Juniper, and NETGEAR held the top revenue share positions in 2012 for these segments.
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