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Gartner Says Worldwide FC SAN Switch Revenue Increased 20 Percent in First Quarter of 2006 |
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| New Report Provides Data for 1Q06 and Comparative Selected Data for Last Eight Quarters |
STAMFORD, Conn., June 12, 2006 - Worldwide Fibre Channel storage area network (FC SAN) switch market revenue totaled $378 million in the first quarter of 2006, a 20.3 percent increase from the first quarter of 2005, according to Gartner, Inc.
"Increased availability and deployment of 4-Gbps products enhanced revenue in the first quarter," said James Opfer, research vice president at Gartner. "As FC switching products continued the transition from 2 Gbps to 4 Gbps, only Brocade shipped significant amounts of 4-Gbps core product in 1Q06. Brocade continued to gain market share in the core product segment at the expense of McData and Cisco. As Cisco and McData begin shipping 4-Gbps core products, they will compete more effectively for share in this space."
Each of the four leading vendors showed strong year-over-year growth (see Table 1). Brocade accounted for 46.3 percent of worldwide FC SAN switch revenue in the first quarter of 2006. Cisco experienced the strongest growth rate among the top-tier vendors, as its revenue increased 24.5 percent in the first quarter.
Table 1
Worldwide FC SAN Switch 1Q06 Vendor Revenue Estimates (Millions of Dollars)
| Company |
1Q06 Revenue |
1Q06 Market Share (%) |
1Q05 Revenue |
1Q05 Market Share (%) |
1Q05-1Q06 Growth (%) |
| Brocade |
175.1 |
46.3 |
144.4 |
45.9 |
21.3 |
| McData/CNT |
101.4 |
26.8 |
87.5 |
27.9 |
15.9 |
| Cisco |
81.2 |
21.5 |
65.2 |
20.8 |
24.5 |
| QLogic |
17.5 |
4.6 |
14.3 |
4.6 |
22.4 |
| Emulex |
2.1 |
0.6 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
5.0 |
| Other Vendors |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
| Total |
378.1 |
100.0 |
314.2 |
100.0 |
20.3 |
Source: Gartner Dataquest (June 2006)
Gartner defines FC SAN Switches as switching products that interconnect multiple servers and storage devices through Fibre Channel links in a storage area network. FC directors constitute most of the high port count core product segment.
Additional information is available in the Gartner report "Market Share: FC SAN Switches, Worldwide, 1Q06." The report is available on Gartner's Web site here.
Detailed analysis on the FC SAN switch industry is available this week at the Gartner Storage Summit, taking place at the Gaylord Palms Hotel and Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla., June 12-15. The Summit explores the new technologies that meet the new demands for data access, management and security while looking at trends in infrastructure, data centers, disaster recovery and virtualization. More information about the Summit is available on Gartner's Web site here.
CONTACT:
Christy Pettey
Gartner
(408) 468-8312
christy.pettey@gartner.com
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About Gartner:
Gartner, Inc. (NYSE: IT) delivers the technology-related insight necessary for its clients to make the right decisions, every day. Gartner serves 10,000 organizations, including chief information officers and other senior IT executives in corporations and government agencies, as well as technology companies and the investment community. The Company consists of Gartner Research, Gartner Executive Programs, Gartner Consulting and Gartner Events. Founded in 1979, Gartner is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A., and has 3,700 associates, including 1,200 research analysts and consultants in 75 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.gartner.com.
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