Portola Valley, California – September 7, 2017 – A newly released market leading report by 650 Group indicates that Data Center Ethernet Switch market revenue and port shipments hit a record in 2Q17.  Arista, Dell, H3C, Juniper, and White Box all achieve all time record revenue results.  New platforms and strong demand drove growth.

“The Data Center Ethernet Switch market grew robustly in 2Q17 as many vendors, segments, and regions all reached new record highs,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “40 Gbps rebounded strongly in the enterprise segment while Cloud providers drove record shipments of 25/100 Gbps products.  The market also saw data center interconnect and open networking contribute significantly to the market growth”

The Quarterly Data Center Ethernet Switch report related to this segment indicates that Arista, Cisco, Dell, and Juniper are the largest US branded vendors in this space while Huawei and H3C remain the largest vendors in China.
 
About the Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report
The Data Center Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the Ethernet Switch market.  The report covers Modular, Fixed Managed, Smart Switching, White Box, and other segmentation as well as the following port speeds: 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 5.0 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 50 Gbps, and 100 Gbps.  For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.
 
About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.

Portola Valley, California – September 6, 2017 – A newly released report by 650 Group indicates that revenues for Cloud-Managed Services of the combined market of WLAN Infrastructure and Campus Ethernet switches grew over 60% year-over-year.  Campus Ethernet Switch and Wireless LAN combined revenues accelerated to 10% Y/Y.  On a Y/Y basis, vendors that took revenue share in the of Unified Access, which consists of Campus Ethernet Switches and Enterprise-class Wireless LAN, were Extreme, Huawei and Ubiquiti Networks.

“Cloud-managed services revenue grew faster on a Y/Y basis than the prior quarter’s rate due to several factors.  First, revenue growth for Unified Access products, which consist of Campus Ethernet switches and Enterprise-class Wireless LAN, grew at its fastest rate in years,” said Chris DePuy, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “Second, the trend towards cloud-managed is as strong as ever as enterprise customers move away from hardware-based Wireless LAN Controller systems that were invented over 15 years ago.   Third, and much more recently, some vendors have incorporated cloud-managed services to manage their Campus Ethernet Switch products in addition to their Wireless LAN products.”

Vendors included in this report include Aerohive, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Cisco, DELL, Extreme, H3C, HPE Aruba, Huawei, Juniper, Ruckus Wireless, Ubiquiti Networks and Riverbed Xirrus. Top revenue share vendors in the Unified Access market include Cisco, HPE Aruba and Huawei.  Top revenues in the cloud-managed Unified Access market include Cisco, Aerohive and HPE Aruba.

About the Unified Access and Cloud-Services Quarterly Report
The Unified Access and Cloud-Services Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the combined market of Campus Ethernet Switches and Enterprise-class WLAN infrastructure devices, as for cloud-managed Wi-Fi and switch services and related product revenues.  For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.
 
About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets.  ​Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.  650 Group focuses on leading edge market trends and research and prides itself on first to market research.
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PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif., Sept. 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A newly released report by 650 Group indicates that the Ethernet Switch Market surged to set a new all-time record for port shipments in 2Q17. The first to market and industry leading report also indicated that the growth was driven by MultiGig (2.5/5.0 Gbps) in the campus and 25/100 Gbps in the data center.

“The Ethernet Switch market remained robust in 2Q17 with growth coming from campus and data center switching during the quarter,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “Cloud demand in data center switching remained the primary driver for overall market growth with data center interconnect ramping aggressively amongst several vendor in the quarter. Demand was also robust beyond the data center as SMB and enterprise class products grew strongly despite some economic and product refresh headwinds.”

The Quarterly Ethernet Switch report also looks at regional differences in the market as results indicate significant share differences in China, Europe, and North America amongst the largest vendors such as Arista, Cisco, Dell, Extreme, H3C, HPE, Huawei, and Juniper. Additional reports published by 650 Group indicate that open networking based switch offerings, Ethernet data center interconnect, and Internet of Things (IoT) are all significant growth markets in the networking space.

About the Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report
The Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report offers a market assessment of vendor performance and market share in the Ethernet Switch market. The report covers Modular, Fixed Managed, Smart Switching, White Box, and other segmentation as well as the following port speeds: 100 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2.5 Gbps, 5.0 Gbps, 10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 40 Gbps, 50 Gbps, and 100 Gbps. For more information about the report, contact the sales department at 650 Group at +1 650 600 7104 or val@650group.com or www.650group.com.

About 650 Group
650 Group is a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets. Our team has decades of research experience, has worked in the technology industry, and is actively involved in standards bodies.