Telecom Lead India: Market share of networking major
Cisco in global Ethernet switch market has decreased by 3 percent to 67 percent
in 2011, according to Infonetics Research. HP increased market share by 2
points and Juniper gained about half a point.
Following record sales in 2010, global Ethernet switch
sales posted 1 percent increase in 2011 to reach a new high of $18.9 billion
due to strength in the second half of the year.
In 2011 alone, more 10G Ethernet switch ports were
shipped than in all previous years combined — up 90 percent, easily passing 8
million — and represent the only Ethernet switch segment for which vendors
realized revenue growth.
China saw the biggest growth in Ethernet switch sales in
2011, up 32 percent from 2010, and Latin America is up 19 percent on the
strength of activity in Brazil and Mexico.
Recently, IDC said Ethernet switch market revenue grew
5.5 percent in 2011 year over year. Market in Asia/Pacific region grew by 8.4
percent in Q4 2011. In 2011, the worldwide Ethernet Layer 2/3 switch market
revenue stood at $21.1 billion, while the worldwide router market performed
better with a 5.7 percent growth over 2010.
While markets in Latin America, Europe, Middle East, and
Africa (EMEA) grew by 29 percent, 11.9 percent, and 8.4 percent respectively.
North America declined 2.0 percent year over year in Q4 after a very strong Q3.
10GbE switch (Layer 2/3) revenue increased 32.9 percent
year over year, and 5.1 percent over the prior quarter. For the full year 2011,
10GbE market revenues grew 26.5 percent over 2010, while port shipments more
than doubled during the same period.
According to IDC, Cisco’s Ethernet switch (Layer 2/3)
market share in 4Q11 stood at 64.3 percent. On a relative basis, Cisco
continues to be strong in the 10GbE segment where it now has 69.5 percent of
the market in Q4.
