India Surpasses China in the APAC Enterprise Networking Market

India Posted 60% Growth According to Synergy Research Group


RENO, NV--(Marketwire - October 11, 2010) -  Synergy Research Group announces the publication of its Total Enterprise Network Equipment Q2 2010 Report, providing quarterly market share and analysis for over 70 companies worldwide. The report highlights robust growth for emerging economies deploying networking technology. The worldwide Enterprise Network Equipment market totaled $21.3 billion in 1H 2010 an increase of 18% over the same period last year. The market continues to be driven by productivity enhancing applications, such as Collaboration and Video, and technical advances in IP routing, mobility, and security.

"This is truly an exciting time for Enterprise Networks. For a while, the focus has been on an individual application such as VoIP or a single product like the Ethernet Switch, but truly the killer application today is not one thing but many network elements working together, creating a powerful cloud of computing and communication resources," said Jeremy Duke, Principal Analyst and Founder, Synergy Research Group. "Enabling productivity and competitive advantage will continue to drive healthy growth for the Enterprise Networking market, as well as produce hyper-growth in emerging economies such as India, China, Brazil, and Mexico."

Top 5 Ranked Vendors - WW Enterprise Network Equipment Sales 1H 2010

  Rankings   Market Share Gain/Loss
Cisco 1              + 5.49 points
AVAYA 2              + 1.75 points
HP 3              + 1.67 points
Alcatel-Lucent 4               - 0.55 points
Juniper 5              + 0.45 points

Certain regions and countries are experiencing growth that far exceeds the worldwide average. Synergy's research shows APAC and Latin America, leading the acceleration with year over year growth of 29% and 24%, respectively. In APAC, India surpassed China for the first time in Q2 2010 to become the largest Enterprise Network market in the APAC region. In Latin America, Brazil and Mexico combined grew 26% year over year.

Synergy defines Enterprise Network Equipment as the hardware and software that facilitate the use and operation of an organization's computing and communication resources. This includes the combination of routers, switches, network security gear, video, wireless LANs, IP telephony, UC applications, collaboration, conferencing, and legacy phone equipment.

About Synergy Research Group

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