Flat to Slight Growth for Application Delivery Controller (ADC) Market in Third Quarter 2014 as Virtual Appliance Revenues Surge, According to Dell'Oro Group

F5 Networks Gains Ground in ADC Market, Reaching 52% Revenue Share

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Dec 17, 2014, 10:15 ET

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- According to a recently published Application Delivery Controller (ADC) quarterly report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, the ADC market grew very slightly by just one percent quarter-over-quarter. Virtual appliances experienced strong revenue growth, rising 17 percent versus the prior quarter which offset the one percent decline in physical appliance revenue.

Vendor performance overall was mixed. New product sales gave F5 Networks its sixth consecutive quarter of record revenues following recent completion of a comprehensive product refresh. These strong results culminated in the company reaching 52 percent revenue share in the ADC market, its highest level ever.

"We believe the expansion of security features in the ADC platform has and will continue to drive demand, resulting in larger deals of this type," explained Casey Quillin, Director of Data Center Appliance research at Dell'Oro Group. "ADCs typically sit in front of the web servers in the network, which positions them as an ideal platform for deploying some security services, such as Web application firewalls," Quillin explained.

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