| |
Boston Metro, MASSACHUSETTS, June 22, 2009—Communications market research firm Infonetics Research released the first quarter (1Q09) edition of its Enterprise Routers and WAN Optimization Appliances report. Highlights follow.
“Sales of both enterprise routers and WAN optimization appliances were down in the first quarter, not surprising given the current economic turmoil. Similar to the Ethernet switch market, there was a shift to lower-priced routers, including low-end and branch office devices. The WAN optimization segment was down also, but fared better than many other segments, as organizations are able to build convincing ROI cases around their deployments, which should help this segment weather the downturn better than other infrastructure types.”
Matthias Machowinski, Directing Analyst, Enterprise Voice and Data, Infonetics Research
ENTERPRISE ROUTER MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- Worldwide total enterprise router revenue came in at $787 million in 1Q09, down 20% from the previous quarter, and continuing the downward trend seen since 3Q08
- All vendors had double digit declines sequentially
- Router sales were down in all regions, although Asia Pacific declined only 9% sequentially, and North America is down the least year-over-year
WAN OPTIMIZATION APPLIANCE MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- After hitting a major milestone by surpassing the $1 billion mark worldwide in 2008, WAN optimization appliance sales dropped 14% quarter-over-quarter in 1Q09, to $226 million
- While tough economic conditions will hamper growth in the WAN optimization market, growing demands on wide area networks will lend support, and 2009 worldwide revenue is forecast to be essentially even with 2008
- Vendor market share positions shuffled once again in 1Q09 in the WAN optimization appliance market, with Blue Coat back on top
REPORT SYNOPSES
Infonetics’ quarterly enterprise router and WAN optimization report tracks 3Com/H3C, ADTRAN, Blue Coat, Citrix, Cisco, Expand, Huawei, Ipanema, Juniper, Nortel, OneAccess, Riverbed, Siemens, and others. The report includes pivot tables and provides worldwide and regional market size, market share, analysis, and forecasts through 2013 for WAN optimization appliances and high-end, mid-range, branch, and low-end/SOHO enterprise routers, including port detail (T1/E1/J1, T3/E3/J3, OC3/STM1, OC12/STM4).
Related research:
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO BUY REPORTS
Members: http://www.infonetics.com/login
New to Infonetics' online portal: http://www.infonetics.com/cgp/newaccounts.asp
Once on the portal, go to RESEARCH, then ENTERPRISE DATA.
For sales:
Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete more effectively.
Follow Infonetics on Twitter for the latest headlines: http://twitter.com/infonetics.
# # # |
)