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Infonetics Reports Data from SAN and Converged Data Center Equipment Report [Manufacturing Close - Up](Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Infonetics Research reported the release of vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its 2nd quarter 2014 (2Q14) SAN and Converged Data Center Network Equipment report, which tracks storage area network (SAN) Fibre Channel switches and host bus adapters (HBAs) and converged data center network adapters and switch ports- in-use for storage. "Having completed its acquisition of Brocade's adapter business and Broadcom's Ethernet controller business, QLogic moved just ahead of Cisco to take the number-three market revenue share slot in converged data center network adapters in the second quarter of 2014," says Cliff Grossner, Ph.D., directing analyst for data center, cloud, and SDN at Infonetics Research. "With the addition of Broadcom's controllers to its product mix, QLogic intends to focus on increased CPU off-loading." The firm noted that 2Q14 SAN / converged data center market highlights include: -The global converged data center network adapter market- including internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) network adapters, converged network adapters (CNAs), and universal network adapters-grew 3 percent sequentially in 2Q14, to $87.7 million, with CNAs in the lead -Intel's data center network adapter revenue was up 17 percent quarter-over-quarter in 2Q14 -Worldwide storage area network (SAN) Fibre Channel switch and adapter equipment revenue totaled $593 million in 2Q14, a 0.2 percent increase from 1Q14, and a 4 percent decrease from 2Q13 -Though 16G accounted for nearly half of overall Fibre Channel revenue in 2Q14, the downward trend in the Fibre Channel market continues -Brocade remains the unchallenged leader in the Fibre Channel SAN market, and 69 percent of its Fibre Channel SAN revenue comes from 16G -Cisco's Fibre Channel SAN revenue is getting a push from recently added 16G on its fixed switches According to a release from Infonetics, its quarterly SAN equipment and converged data center network report provides worldwide and regional market size, vendor market share, forecasts through 2018, analysis, and trends for chassis and fixed Fibre Channel switches; Fibre Channel HBAs; converged data center switch ports-in-use for storage (iSCSI, FCoE, FC-to-FCoE); and converged data center network adapters (iSCSI, CNAs, universal). Vendors tracked: Alcatel-Lucent, Arista, ATTO, Brocade, Cisco, Dell, Emulex, HP, IBM (BNT), Intel, Juniper, QLogic, others. Infonetics Research is an international market research and consulting firm serving the communications industry. Report information: www.infonetics.com/contact.asp. More information: www.infonetics.com/2014-newsletters/data-center-and-cloud- september.html www.infonetics.com/infonetics-events www.infonetics.com www.marketwire.com/library/MwGo/2014/10/1/11G022982/Images/2014- Infonetics-2Q14-SAN-DC-Ntwk-Eqpmt-Mkt-Fcst-Ch-815473151050.jpg ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2014 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |