40 GE to Penetrate All Layers of Data Center Switching by 2015, Dell'Oro Group Forecasts

Virtual Application Delivery Controllers to More than Double in Revenues

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Jul 25, 2011, 09:00 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., July 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recent report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for information about the telecommunications and networking industries, the L2-3 Ethernet Switch market is forecast to approach $25 billion in 2015, with the future growth being driven primarily from sales of Ethernet switches optimized for larger data center deployments. By 2015, the L4-7 Application Delivery Controller market is expected to exceed $1.5 billion with the virtual appliance segment having the most robust growth over the forecast period.

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"Virtualization and the move towards the cloud and true application mobility and scalability, will ultimately create a world of far fewer and significantly larger data centers in the future," said Alan Weckel, Senior Director of Dell'Oro Group. "In the outer years of our forecast, we believe 40 GE will not only be used in the aggregation layer, but will begin to penetrate the server access market. 40 GE and 100 GE switches will be an important growth driver for the Ethernet switch market for the rest of the decade," stated Weckel.

The report also shows that the Application Delivery Controller segment is expected to outpace the overall switch market during the forecast period. Vendors such as A10, Brocade, Cisco, Citrix, F5, Radware, Zeus (recently purchased by Riverbed), all have product offerings in this segment.

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The Dell'Oro Group 5-Year Forecast Report offers a complete overview of the Ethernet Switch industry with tables covering manufacturers' revenue, average selling prices, and port/unit shipments (by speed Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 100 Gigabit Ethernet) for Layers 2-3 (both managed and unmanaged), and Layers 4-7. To purchase this report, please contact Emily Kendall, call +1.650.622.9400 x223 or email [email protected].

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As the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, Dell'Oro Group provides in-depth, objective research and analysis that enable component manufacturers, equipment vendors, and investment firms to make fact-based, strategic decisions. For more information, contact Dell'Oro Group at +1.650.622.9400 or visit www.DellOro.com.

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