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Infonetics: 9% Drop Confirms No Seasonal Rebound in Enterprise Router Sales in Q2, [Professional Services Close - Up](Professional Services Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Infonetics Research released excerpts from its 2nd quarter 2014 (2Q14) Enterprise Routers report, which tracks high-end, mid-range, branch office, and low-end/SOHO router revenue and ports. ANALYST NOTE "For the second quarter in a row, enterprise router sales disappointed, and revenue is now trending downward. Demand for routers is still strong, as indicated by rising unit shipments, but discount pressure, preferences for local and lower-cost vendors in China, and lower public sector sales drove down revenue," notes Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst for enterprise networks and video at Infonetics Research. In its release, the company noted enterprise router market highlights: -Worldwide enterprise router revenue totaled $867 million in 2Q14, just a 1 percent sequential gain in a quarter that typically sees a strong seasonal pickup; Unit shipments are still growing, up 6 percent year-over-year -Meanwhile, enterprise router sales dipped 9 percent in 2Q14 from the year-ago quarter (2Q13) -The good news in 2Q14: demand for higher-performance routers was strong; High-end and mid-range router unit shipments were up by double digits year-over-year, while branch office and low-end routers posted more muted growth -Asia Pacific is once again the top-performing region for enterprise routers in 2Q14; North American sales tumbled 19 percent year-over-year, and EMEA sales fell 11 percent -U.S. vendor performance for enterprise routers was mostly down on a year-over-year basis in 2Q14, while Chinese vendors gained as preferences in China shift to local vendors Huawei and ZTE as well as the H3C division of HP ROUTER REPORT SYNOPSIS Infonetics' quarterly enterprise router report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for high-end, mid-range, branch office, and low-end/SOHO router revenue and ports. Vendors tracked: Adtran, Alcatel-Lucent, Brocade, Cisco, HP, Huawei, Juniper, NEC, OneAccess, Yamaha, ZTE, others. To buy report, contact Infonetics: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp. RELATED REPORT EXCERPTS -Cloud is our number-one networking initiative, say enterprises in Infonetics survey -Tight battle for 2nd after Cisco in Infonetics' enterprise networking infrastructure scorecard -$1 trillion to be spent on telecom and datacom equipment and software over next 5 years -Enterprise router market off to a rough start, plunges 14 percent sequentially RECENT AND UPCOMING ENTERPRISE RESEARCH Download Infonetics' 2014 market research brochure, publication calendar, events brochure, report highlights, tables of contents, and more at www.infonetics.com/login. -WLAN Infrastructure Vendor Scorecard -Wireless LAN Equipment & WiFi Phones Forecast -Ethernet Switches Forecast -Enterprise Telepresence & Video Conferencing Equipment Forecast -1G/10G/40G/100G Networking Ports Forecast Infonetics Research is a market research and consulting firm. More information and complete details: www.infonetics.com ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |