This IDC study of the market for Fibre Channel directors and fixed-port switch market in Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ provides an overview of this market in 2003. This study discusses the current situation and likely future trends in product design of Fibre Channel switches. It also includes a forecast of the market by country in APEJ from 2004 to 2008 by port count and revenue.

Graham Penn, director, Storage Research, IDC Asia/Pacific observes that, "The market for storage switches in APEJ has rapidly become a three-way competitive one. Each of the three primary vendors is seeking to develop close OEM working relationships with the major disk storage system vendors. Although the incumbent vendor has a major advantage, the market in APEJ is still in its early stages of development, so renewed efforts to nurture vendor relationships are vital."