Dell'Oro Group Reports Strong Fibre Channel Switch Sales in the Fourth Quarter of 2006.Demand at High-End Bolsters Brocade and Cisco 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. -- 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. a recently published report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, high-end Fibre Channel switch In a computer storage field, a Fibre Channel switch is a network switch compatible with Fibre Channel (FC) protocol. It allows the creation of a Fibre Channel fabric, that is currently the core component of most storage area networks. sales grew more than 15 percent during the fourth quarter of 2006. Storage equipment resellers quickly snapped up high-end switches as manufacturers dropped prices faster than the normal rate. "Fibre Channel switch prices are very attractive and are likely to become even more so by the end of 2007," said Tam Dell'Oro, President and Founder of Dell'Oro Group. "Brocade will likely increase cost efficiencies now that it dominates the market shipment volumes, and Cisco might be able to leverage its purchasing power Purchasing Power 1. The value of a currency expressed in terms of the amount of goods or services that one unit of money can buy. Purchasing power is important because, all else being equal, inflation decreases the amount of goods or services you'd be able to purchase. 2. from its huge presence in the Ethernet switch A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. market," added Dell'Oro. About the Report The Dell'Oro Group SAN Quarterly Report provides complete, in-depth coverage of the market with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and port shipments (by speed 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps, and greater than or equal to 4 Gbps) for Fibre Channel switches Major manufacturers of Fibre Channel switches are: Brocade, Cisco, McData and Qlogic.
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 enables 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. |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion