Dell'Oro Group Reports Dramatic Growth in Switches.Record Quarterly Revenue Increase REDWOOD CITY Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. -- A recently published report from Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, reveals that the Ethernet Switch A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. market revenue exceeded $4 billion in the third quarter of 2006. The report also indicates that this quarter's remarkable performance also resulted in some shifts in prime vendor positions. "Not only did we see great quarterly increases in the newer and faster growing segments, such as Layer 4-7 Server Load Balancing The fine tuning of a computer system, network or disk subsystem in order to more evenly distribute the data and/or processing across available resources. For example, in clustering, load balancing might distribute the incoming transactions evenly to all servers, or it might redirect them and Power-over-Ethernet, but the more mature segments, such as Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , also enjoyed substantial growth," said Seamus Crehan, Senior Director of Ethernet Switch Research at Dell'Oro Group.
Ethernet
Total Market
3Q06
Manufacture-
$4.3 billion
Vendor
Rank
Cisco
1
HP ProCurve
2
Nortel
3
Foundry
4
3Com
5
About the Report The Dell'Oro Group Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report offers complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices The average sales price of goods or commodities. Especially used in the retail sector and technology distribution. , and port shipments (by speed Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. , 10 Gigabit Ethernet) for Layers 2-3 (both managed and unmanaged) and Layers 4-7. To purchase this report, please contact Karen Yang, call +1.650.622.9400 x222 or email Karen@DellOro.com. About Dell'Oro Group As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com. |
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