[March 23, 2012]

Infonetics Research: Overall Data Center Equipment Market up 9% in 2011; F5 and HP in Dead Heat Behind Cisco

Market research firm Infonetics Research released excerpts from its recently published fourth quarter (4Q11) Data Center Network Equipment market share and forecast report, which tracks general purpose, purpose-built, and blade data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers, and WAN optimization appliances.

ANALYST NOTE

"Data center upgrades led all data center equipment market segments forward in 2011, though 2011 growth (up 9%) was modest compared to the 2010 surge (up 59%). Because of increasing investments in data center and cloud service offerings, we are forecasting double-digit percent revenue increases for the overall data center equipment market this year and next. After that, the market should taper as buyers finish off their investment cycle and focus on other parts of their networks," expects Sam Barnett, directing analyst for data center and cloud at Infonetics Research.

DATA CENTER NETWORK EQUIPMENT MARKET HIGHLIGHTS

• Global sales of data center network equipment -- data center Ethernet switches, application delivery controllers (ADCs) and WAN optimization appliances -- grew 9% sequentially in 4Q11, to $2.36 billion
• From the year-ago fourth quarter, the data center network equipment market is up a strong 15%
• For the full year 2011, data center gear totaled $8.4 billion, up 9% from the previous year
• Cisco (News - Alert) continues to lead the overall data center equipment market based on the strength of its data center Ethernet switch sales, though it lost some share in 2011 in all 3 major segments of the market (switches, ADCs, and WAN optimization)
• Meanwhile, F5 extended its #1 position in the ADC (News - Alert) market with a 20% increase in revenue and HP solidified its 2^nd place position in the Cisco-dominated data center Ethernet switch market by bumping up its revenue by 38% in 2011

DATA CENTER REPORT SYNOPSIS

Infonetics' (News - Alert) quarterly Data Center Network Equipment report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts and analysis for data center Ethernet switches (general purpose, purpose-built, and blade switches), ADCs, and WAN optimization appliances. Companies tracked: ADTRAN, Alaxala, Alcatel-Lucent (News - Alert), Arista, Avaya, Blade, Blue Coat, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, D-Link, Enterasys, Expand, Extreme, F5, Force10, H3C, HP, Huawei, Ipanema, Juniper, NETGEAR, Radware, Riverbed, Silver Peak (News - Alert), others.

Download Infonetics report highlights, prospectuses, etc. at http://www.infonetics.com/login (see DATA CENTER AND CLOUD).

• Latest Infonetics Data Center and Cloud research newsletter: http://bit.ly/GLtR3C
• Storage area network equipment poised for 50% growth in 2012
• Data center equipment market up 12%, F5 jumps ahead of HP into #2 spot behind Cisco
• Cisco closing gap with Brocade in SAN equipment segment; market up 2% in Q3
• Service providers expanding data center offerings on quest for new revenue
• Operators embracing cloud services in earnest, significantly expanding cloud offerings

UPCOMING RESEARCH

• Log in to download Infonetics' 2012 Research Publication Calendar: http://bit.ly/zwjcRs
• Quarterly Data Center Network Equipment Market Share / Forecast
• Quarterly SAN Equipment Market Share / Forecast
• Quarterly Total Data Center and SAN Equipment Pivot
• Cloud Service Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
• Cloud Service Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey
• Data Center Deployment Strategies: Global Service Provider Survey
• Data Center Deployment Strategies: North American Enterprise Survey

JOB OPPORTUNITIES

Infonetics continues to rapidly expand and is looking to hire more analysts. See http://bit.ly/jmXOYO for current job openings, which include a senior Video analyst and market analyst with enterprise VoIP expertise.

SALES

• Larry Howard, N. America (West), Asia, Latin America: [email protected], +1-408-583-3335
• Scott Coyne, N. America (East), Texas, Midwest: [email protected], +1-408-583-3395
• George Stojsavljevic, Europe, Middle East, Africa: [email protected], +44-755-488-1623
• Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan: http://www.infonetics.com/contact.asp

Infonetics Research (www.infonetics.com) is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry since 1990. A leader in defining and tracking emerging and established technologies in all world regions, Infonetics helps clients plan, strategize, and compete effectively.

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