SAN Market Buoyed By Eight Percent Rise in Modular SAN Switch Sales, According to Dell’Oro Group; Worldwide SAN Market Flat Quarter-to-Quarter
Dell’Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, announced today that its new report reveals sales in the modular storage area network (SAN) switch segment (also known as directors) grew sequentially by eight percent during the quarter. This increase offset declines in the fixed switch and host bus adapter (HBA) segments, producing a flat result for the overall SAN market in the third quarter as anticipated.
“Expectation of new product introductions during the past two quarters have led to pent-up demand for director switches,” said John Carvell, Principal Analyst for SAN Research at Dell’Oro Group. “This has benefited Brocade with its Silkworm 24000 and CNT with its UltraNet Multi-service Director in particular. Both companies have seen growth in revenue for these products.”
Network managers are revising their SAN network strategy, as growing volumes of information require increased storage capacity. “Enterprises are deploying higher density switches with increased port capacity to consolidate their network needs and handle increasing storage demand,” said Carvell. “As SAN architecture migrates from a flat topology to a core-to-edge solution, this transition will continue to fuel strong growth in the director product segment.” -0- *T Total Modular Switch Market Calendar 3Q04 Revenues Quarterly Total Modular SAN Switches 3Q04 Growth(a) ————————– —- ———- Manufacturers Revenue $162M +8% Vendor Rank —— —- McData 1 -6% Brocade 2 +15% Cisco 3 +21% CNT 4 +27% *T
(a) Calendar period revenue growth.
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