Content Switching and Total LAN Switching Market Forecasted to Grow 109% and 56%, Respectively, According to Recent Synergy Research Group Report.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 12, 2001 According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Synergy Research Group's latest report, the LAN Switching
LAN switching is a form of packet switching used in local area networks. Switching technologies are crucial to network design, or to that minority of LANs that are used outside the home. market will surpass $20 billion in revenue worldwide by 2006. SRG SRG In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Suriname Guilder. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. attributes growth to an increase in e-commerce, Web subscriptions, and applications needing greater security and increased performance. Cisco and Nortel continue to dominate the Web/Content L4-7 Switching market, however, new entrants to this market are gaining momentum in both market presence and market share. The companies SRG tracks in this market include: Alcatel, Avaya, CacheFlow, Cisco, Extreme, Foundry, F5, Intel, Nortel, Packeteer, P-Cube, Radware, and Top Layer. "As Enterprise Capital Expenditures continue to come under pressure, the LAN Switching market in the first half of 2002 will be challenged," said Joshua Johnson Not to be confused with Joshua J. Johnson. Joshua Johnson (c.1763–1832) was the first African American painter to make his living by painting. Biography Johnston was apparently self trained in his art. , analyst, Synergy Research Group. "With the stabilization of U.S. IT spending and the continued need for productivity gains in technology investments, Synergy believes the outlook for LAN Switching remains strong." Overall, the LAN Switching market was down 11.5 percent sequentially in Q3 2001. The market share leaders for Total LAN Switching Market were Cisco, Nortel, and 3Com with market shares of 61.1, 9.0, and 6.5 percent respectively. Sales of Fixed/Workgroup/Wiring Closet LAN Switching Equipment rose six percent sequentially in the third quarter. Fixed L2 Gigabit speed equipment was the category leader with an increase in sales of 23 percent sequentially. Additionally, there was a 38 percent drop in sales for Modular L2 10/100Mpbs products contributed to an overall drop of 20 percent in Modular/Chassis-Based LAN Switching Equipment. The latest Synergy Research Group report covers Ethernet LAN switching equipment sales, unit and port shipments worldwide, including Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches, Fixed and Modular Switches, at 10/100Mpbs, Gigabit, and 10 Gigabit speeds, both managed and unmanaged. The service also covers Layer 4-7 Web/Content Switching and IP Appliances. About Synergy Research Group Synergy Research Group Inc. (SRG) is a market research firm that provides quarterly market analysis, market share, and forecasting for the communication Equipment markets. The markets Synergy tracks include Access Concentrators, Access Servers, ATM Access Concentrators, ATM CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment Devices, Broadband Aggregation, Broadband Cable Head-End, Broadband Wireless See wireless broadband. , Cable Modems, DSLAMs, IP Service Switches (Ipsec & non-Ipsec), LAN Telephony An IP telephony system that is contained within a local area network (LAN). See IP telephony and voice capable Ethernet switch. , MultiService WAN switches (ATM, FR, MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. ), Port Speeds, Routers, Service Provider Voice Packet Gateways, Soft Switches, SONET/SDH, Traditional Circuit Voice, Voice Application Servers, Voice over Broadband Gateways, VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. Gateways, XDSL IADs/modems, Wireless LANs, and LAN Switching. For more information, www.synergyresearchgroup.com. The contents of this press release represent SRG's interpretation and analysis of statistics and information collected from authorized company representatives, industry sources, and SRG estimates. SRG does not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the statistics or information contained in this release. |
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