IDC’s (International Data Corporation) APeJ Quarterly Switch and Router tracker report has revealed that the Ethernet Switch market has witnessed a year-on-year growth of 7.2 per cent (in vendor revenue) and stood at US$110.4 million. The Router market witnessed a significant year-on-year growth of 31 per cent and stood at US$68.6 million in terms of vendor revenue.
Increased spending from both service provider and enterprise segment drove the switching market in Q2 2016. Demand for L3 and ADC increased significantly across organization in Q2 2016. Large banking refreshes and spending from Automobile, Education and Professional services organizations were the key reasons behind the growth of switching market in this quarter.
The Router market witnessed a growth of 31 per cent year on year in Q2 2016 due to investments from service providers segment for 4G rollout expansion. In the Enterprise space, majority of the growth was driven by Professional services, Banking and Discrete Manufacturing units in Q2 2016. High-end routers saw a huge uptake from service providers segment, wherein SOHO routers were the clear winner in year-on-year growth in Q2 2016 amongst enterprise deployments.
Cisco continued its dominance with 63-per cent market share, followed by Huawei and Juniper. Huawei witnessed a significant year-on-year growth in market share from 6.6 per cent to 9.5 per cent in Q2 2016 due to uptake from telecom players. Brocade, F5 networks and Array Networks showed a strong year-on-year growth in Q2 2016.
Gaurav Sharma, Research Manager – Enterprise & IPDS (India), said, “Networking market is set to grow on the back of digital initiatives, 4G rollouts and campus, consumer and enterprise need to always stay connected. Network is expected to be the next disruptor and the avenue for innovations as organizations look to conquer its space in this highly competitive, analytical and information driven world."
According to IDC’s Quarterly APeJ Wireless WLAN tracker, the WLAN market in India clocked a year-on-year de-growth of 4.8 per cent in Q2 2016, and registered US$46 million (Vendor revenue). This growth was predominantly driven by access points category. The consumer segment witnessed a growth while enterprise and service provider business declined year on year in Q2 2016.
Personal and Consumer Services, Transportation, Telecommunications and process manufacturing units were the key contributors towards year-on-year growth in Q2 2016. Increasing adoption of IoT is expected to drive the WLAN market, especially in the Retail, Healthcare and Manufacturing verticals in the near future.
D-Link continued to lead the market with 29-per cent share, followed by Cisco and TP-link.
D-Link and Cisco saw a year-on-year de-growth, while TP-link, Netgear and Brocade posted a strong double-digit year-on-year growth in Q2 2016.
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