2000 LAN Packet Switch Market Analysis

The Local Area Network (LAN) packet switch market represents the largest revenue opportunity in the networking market, and continues to outpace the growth of the overall market. The LAN packet switch market reached $12.18 billion in 1999. Despite rapidly declining ASPs in the Ethernet switch segments, the overall market will continue to grow throughout the forecast period, reaching over $46.67 billion in 2004.

The top five networking vendors, Cisco, 3Com, Nortel, Enterasys (formerly Cabletron) and Allied Telesyn held a combined 70 percent of ports shipped in the LAN packet switch market for the first half of 2000.

This report provides five-year forecasts for the major LAN packet switch market segments: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Token Ring. Part of the LAN Networking Service, 2000 LAN Packet Switch Market Analysis analyzes technology and market trends impacting the overall LAN packet switch hardware market.

Executive Summary

Methodology

Segmentation and Definitions

Applications

Worldwide Market Shares

Overall Market Shares

10 Mbps Ethernet Market Shares

Fast Ethernet Market Shares

Gigabit Ethernet Market Shares

Token Ring Market Shares

Worldwide Forecast Summary

Overall Forecast

10 Mbps Ethernet Forecast

Fast Ethernet Forecast

Gigabit Ethernet Forecast

10 Gigabit Ethernet Forecast

Token Ring Forecast

List of Tables

Table 1. Worldwide LAN Packet Switch Port and Sales Forecast

Table 2. Packet Switch Product Classifications

Table 3. Overall Port Market Shares

Table 4. Overall Sales Market Shares

Table 5. 10 Mbps Ethernet Port Market Shares

Table 6. 10 Mbps Ethernet Sales Market Shares

Table 7. Fast Ethernet Port Market Shares

Table 8. Fast Ethernet Sales Market Shares

Table 9. Gigabit Ethernet Port Market Shares

Table 10. Gigabit Ethernet Sales Market Shares

Table 11. Token Ring Port Market Shares

Table 12. Token Ring Sales Market Shares

Table 13. Overall Forecast

Table 14. ASP Comparison by Topology

Table 15. Port Comparison by Topology

Table 16. Sales Comparison by Topology

Table 17. 10 Mbps Ethernet Forecast

Table 18. Fast Ethernet Forecast

Table 19. Fast Ethernet Layer 2 Forecast

Table 20. Fast Ethernet Layer 3 Forecast

Table 21. Fast Ethernet Layer 4-7 Forecast

Table 22. 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Combined Forecast

Table 23. Gigabit Ethernet Forecast

Table 24. Gigabit Ethernet Media Port Comparison

Table 25. Gigabit Ethernet Media Sales Comparison

Table 26. Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2 Forecast

Table 27. Gigabit Ethernet Layer 3 Forecast

Table 28. Gigabit Ethernet Layer 4-7 Forecast

Table 29. 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet Combined Forecast

Table 30. 10 Gigabit Ethernet Forecast

Table 31. 10/100/1000/10000 Mbps Ethernet Combined Forecast

Table 32. Token Ring Forecast

List of Figures

Figure 1. Cahners In-Stat Group's LAN Segmentation

Figure 2. Dedicated Fast Ethernet to the Desktop

Figure 3. Connecting Hubs and Servers

Figure 4. Gigabit Ethernet Switch Collapsed Backbone

Figure 5. Overall Port/Sales Trends

Figure 6. Layer 2/3/4-7 Port Trends

Figure 7. Layer 2/3/4-7 Sales Trends

Figure 8. 10 Mbps Ethernet Port/Sales Trends

Figure 9. Fast Ethernet Switch Port/Sales Trends

Figure 10. Gigabit Ethernet Port/Sales Trends

Figure 11. 10 Gigabit Ethernet Port/Sales Trends

Figure 12. Token Ring Port/Sales Trends