HPE Aruba’s NaaS Announcements Change the Consumption Model Dialogue with Customers

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nevada– March 24, 2022 – An upcoming report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, campus, data center, and cloud markets, provides unique insight into the NaaS market for campus/enterprise switching.  While Managed Service Providers (MSPs) historically took vendor equipment to offer solutions ‘as-a-Service,’ vendors offering the solution directly via the channel are a relatively new phenomenon of the past two years.  650 Group’s latest report reflects the idea that the needs of the enterprises are different now and will continue to evolve away from pure CAPEX consumption models.

This week's HPE Aruba GreenLake announcement signals how the shift to NaaS is in full motion. By mid 2023, 650 Group expects that each of the top global networking vendors will offer a complete menu of campus Ethernet and related network management solutions to be available in the Cloud Managed and NaaS consumption models.
 
“NaaS is not a new concept for Campus Ethernet Switch networks. However, it has historically been implemented by MSPs or local resellers,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “Vendors will continue to shift revenue away from traditional one-time CAPEX models towards subscription and NaaS to meet customer demand.  Customers want increased options and flexibility as hybrid and remote work are here to stay, and applications reside in a multi-cloud world, not just in the premises data center.”

The Quarterly Ethernet Switch – Campus Switching NaaS report includes segmentation on a regional and worldwide basis and provides market data for the China and non-China markets.  It also looks at the adoption rate of NaaS compared to Cloud Managed Solutions and provides additional segments by business size and other adoption metrics. The reports will also look at the vendor’s current revenue splits between traditional CAPEX and subscription-related revenue. Future reports will include additional segmentation and vendors.

About the NaaS Reports
The Quarterly Ethernet Switch – Campus NaaS report covers quarterly market shares and forecasts.  NaaS reports include segmentation on a regional and worldwide basis and provide market data for the China and non-China markets.  In addition, 650 Group publishes additional segment-specific reports in Campus / Enterprise Switching, Industrial Switching, Single Pair Ethernet, and other campus networking markets.  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. For more information, visit: http://www.650group.com
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Data Center Switching Expands Into Strong 400 Gbps Upgrade Cycle; Campus Switching Records Record Quarter

Incline Village, Nevada – December 2, 2021 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the Ethernet Switch Market grew nearly 5% Y/Y in 3Q21 to nearly $9.0 B.  The report also revealed significant regional differences in vendor performance with many records set.

"The Ethernet Switch market hit record levels in 3Q21 as vendors were able to overcome supply constraints and pass on costs to customers," said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. "Supply chain control remains key to 2022 results as Hyperscalers ramp 400 Gbps and the market braces for record CAPEX growth from the Cloud.  In campus switching, price increases implemented in early 2021 helped the market reach new record highs.  For 2022, we expect continued strength across almost all segments of Ethernet Switching.”

The Quarterly Ethernet Switch report also indicates that the top four campus switch vendors after Cisco in North America were HPE Aruba, Extreme, Ubiquiti, and Juniper.  The top three branded data center switch vendors after Cisco in North America were Arista, Juniper, and Dell.  The report highlights how business size, vertical exposure, and hyperscaler adoption drove vendor performance in 2Q21.  Future reports will include Network-as-a-Service and 1.6 Tbps.

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, Disaggregation, 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, 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps, 400 Gbps, 800 Gbps, and 1.6 Tbps.  650 Group publishes additional segment-specific reports in Campus / Enterprise Switching and Data Center Switching.  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.
 
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COVID-19 Hits Supply Chain; Demand Varies Based on Vertical and Geography

PORTOLA VALLEY, Calif – May 27, 2020 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading market intelligence research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the Ethernet Switch Market declined nearly 10% Y/Y on weak campus and data center results in 1Q20, declining to approximately $7B. The report also indicated significant regional differences amongst vendors, as well as aggressive ASP fluctuations in the market.
“The Ethernet Switch market contracted in the expected regions and verticals in 1Q20,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group. “Supply chain constraints in factories and components remain entering the last month of 2Q20. Certain component shortages will remain well into 2021 as vendors prioritize customers and products throughout the year.  Our vertical analysis of the campus and data center Ethernet switching markets indicates a different recovery rate and use of technology as the market begins to rebound in 2H20.  Digital transformation and the use of cloud platforms will be critical to companies going forward, especially as the digital divide increases across regions and customers.”
The 650 Group Quarterly Ethernet Switch report also indicates what impact the trade war is having on campus suppliers and the surge in 25 Gbps port shipments from H3C and Huawei.  
The report highlights how campus Ethernet switching outperformed data center switching with new products from Arista, Cisco, Extreme Networks, and Juniper all ramping during the quarter.
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, Disaggregation, 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, 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps, 400 Gbps, and 800 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.


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1Q19 Results and 2Q19 Forecast Very Different in the Cloud, Enterprise, and Telco Service Provider Markets

Portola Valley, California – June 18, 2019 – Newly released reports by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center, and cloud markets, indicates that the supply chain is not being impacted the same way by the war with system and component suppliers having different exposure in the enterprise, cloud, and service provider supply chain. 

“Some markets, like the Enterprise WLAN market, saw an immediate negative impact coincident with the escalation of the trade war,” said Chris DePuy, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “For instance, in 1Q19, Enterprise WLAN revenues in China were down year-over-year.  Additionally, the WLAN semiconductor industry is undergoing significant changes in part due to disruption in the supply chain.”

“In late 2018 and early 2019, North American vendors with exposure to Enterprise and Cloud markets experienced relatively stronger year-over-year results than Chinese competitors,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “As a result of short buying cycles and robust competition, we expect the markets serving Enterprise and Cloud service providers will experience a relatively smaller percentage hit from the impact of the trade war compared to that of the telecom industry.  However, the impact may not be uniform because multi-vendor projects that involve suppliers caught up in the trade war may be put on hold until substitute vendors are named.”

The newly released research also indicates that certain market categories, such as telecom equipment, may decline during the trade war and will gradually rebound over the long term, while other markets, such as Ethernet Switching or servers will more rapidly recover after vendor swap-outs by the end of 2019.

About the Ethernet Switch Quarterly Report
650 Group offer detailed forecast and quarterly details across enterprise, service provider, and cloud infrastructure markets.  For more information about the reports, 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.

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Enterprise and Data Center Switching markets shatter old records

Portola Valley, California – Feb. 26, 2019 – A newly released report by 650 Group, a leading Market Intelligence Research firm for communications, data center and cloud markets, indicates that the Ethernet Switch Market grew 10% Y/Y on strong campus and data center growth in 2018 to slightly over $31 Billion.  The report also indicated China revenue reached an all-time high in the year on robust campus and data center growth.

“The Data Center market continued to surge despite some concerns of Cloud CAPEX growth rates slowing.  There is a disconnect in Cloud CAPEX and networking CAPEX; we note that networking CAPEX continues to be robust, despite overall CAPEX growth rate contractions amongst the largest Cloud providers,” said Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst at 650 Group.  “Overall CAPEX growth rate slowdown is being driven by Compute and Storage.  400G seems to have pushed out about one full quarter as well from both a system and optics view with the market anticipated second generation 400 Gbps product announcements by the end of the calendar year.”

The Quarterly Ethernet Switch report also indicates the Cisco and HPE Aruba were responsible for over half the revenue growth in the Enterprise market while Arista and White Box were responsible for over half the revenue growth in the Data Center Market. The Quarterly Ethernet Switch report related to this segment indicates that Arista, Cisco, HPE, and Juniper are the market leaders in the Ethernet Switch Market in 2018 in the United States while H3C, Huawei, and Ruijie are the market leaders in China.

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, Disaggregation, 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, 100 Gbps, 200 Gbps, and 400 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.
 
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