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Boston, MASSACHUSETTS, August 31, 2009—Market research firm Infonetics Research released its second quarter (2Q09) Ethernet Switches and Application Delivery Controllers report.
ANALYST NOTE
“Given the market freefall in the first quarter of the year and continuing doubts about worldwide economic conditions, it is good news that spending on Ethernet switches increased 5% this quarter. While the Ethernet switch market is down 24% from this time last year, sales are moving up instead of down, and, based on vendor guidance, it looks like the market will see more growth in the coming quarter as well,” explains Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise voice and data at Infonetics Research.
MARKET HIGHLIGHTS
- The worldwide Ethernet switch market grew 5% sequentially in 2Q09 to $3.4 billion
- North America posted the largest sequential gain (19%)
- Web-managed Ethernet switch revenue and port shipments increased in the double-digits in 2Q09
- Year-over-year, in a market that is otherwise down significantly, 10G and 1G PoE Ethernet switch port shipments are up
- 10G ports are up a strong 33% over 2Q08
- The application delivery controller market was flat in 2Q09
- F5’s application delivery controller revenue share increased while Cisco’s decreased in 2Q09, giving F5 the clear lead two quarters in a row
REPORT SYNOPSIS
Infonetics’ Ethernet Switches and Application Delivery Controllers report tracks 3Com/H3C, Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent, Blade, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix Netscaler, D-Link, Extreme, F5, Force10, Huawei, Linksys, NETGEAR, Nortel, HP ProCurve, Radware, SMC, and others.
The report provides market size, market share, forecasts, and analysis for application delivery controllers (ADC), PoE switches by form factor and speed, and Ethernet switches (including chassis switches and layer 2 and layer 3 managed, unmanaged, and web-managed fixed configuration switches).
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