Ethernet Switch Market Retreats in the First Quarter of 2006; Ports and Revenues Post Similar Declines, According to Dell'Oro Group.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 Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industries, reveals that in the first quarter of 2006, the Ethernet Switch A device that connects clients and servers to each other in an Ethernet network. See switched Ethernet. market declined sequentially following three consecutive quarters of growth. The report indicates that the 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. segment, which was instrumental in driving growth in the fourth quarter of 2005, experienced the most severe decline. "Although the market did decline sequentially, on a year-over-year basis it experienced a double digit Noun 1. double digit - a two-digit integer; from 10 to 99 integer, whole number - any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" increase," said Seamus Crehan, Director of Ethernet Switch Research at Dell'Oro Group. "We still believe that the Ethernet Switch market remains robust and attribute the first quarter decline more to seasonal softness than to overall market weakness," added Crehan.
Total Ethernet Switch Market
1Q06 Market Leaders (Revenue)
Total Market 1Q06
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Manufacturers' Revenue $3,659 million
Vendor Rank
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Cisco 1
Nortel 2
HP ProCurve 3
Foundry 4
3Com 5
Extreme 6
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 Nancy Shawver, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email Nancy@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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