Over the past several years, IT investment in networking equipment has grown across all sizes of business. However, growth in the small/medium business (SMB) segment has outpaced the rest of the market and vendors of web smart switching solutions have benefited greatly. In 2007, Ethernet switch vendors shipped over 10 million web smart ports, accounting for approximately 10% of total port shipments to SMBs. This growth and opportunity to gain market share has attracted the attention of many vendors and strong competition is expected.
This report helps to answer specific questions and provide insights, on the following:
Port shipments and growth by size of business.
Top web smart vendors by port shipments and revenues.
Vendor market shares by geographic region.
Impact of web smart products on unmanaged and managed product categories.
Five-year forecasts of web smart port shipments and revenues by wire-speed.
Size of business, vertical markets, and distribution channels targeted by vendors.
Comparison of energy efficient metrics for basic and advanced web smart switch products by vendor.