Submitted by Abner Germanow06.18.2008
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Worldwide enterprise network spending grows 2x faster than on servers and storage in 2008
Betting closes on Mar 20 2009
Prediction: Combined global spending on ethernet switches (Layers 2-7), routers, and WLAN equipment by enterprise/business customers will grow at least 2x faster than spending on all servers and storage systems.
(If server and storage systems grow by 5%, network spending needs to grow by at least 10%)
In 2007 for example, the worldwide LAN switch market grew 13% to reach $19.6 Billion, while spending on enterprise LAN switch, router, WLAN, IP telephony equipment, and security appliances grew 12% to reach $41.7 billion.
In contrast, other IT markets such as the worldwide server market (4%) and the storage market (7%), have exhibited slower growth.
Final results for 2008 spending will be available in March of 2009 from IDC.
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Current Community Consensus 57%Prediction Statistics
| Betting Closes: | Mar 20 2009 | Current Consensus: | 57.44% | Total Bets: | 13 |
| Today's Change: | 1.22% | ||||
| Life Time High: | 57.44% | ||||
| Life Time Low: | 50.00% |
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I've had two questions on what's in and what's out:
What's in:
Enterprise (as in businesses from the Fortune 10 down to Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery) and government spending on Ethernet Switching, Routers, Security Appliances, and Wireless LAN equipment. Google, Yahoo, Amazon are considered enterprise in IDC taxonomy as they own their own data centers.
What's out:
Service Provider (as in AT&T, Verizon, Vodaphone, etc) spending on network equipment to provide network services such as broadband Internet and mobile wireless services.
Measurement will be provided by IDC's Network, Server, Storage, and Security Tracker information services.
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