HP Rising in LAN Switch Market

SUMMARY

This IDC study looks at the growth of HP's ProCurve Networking division over the past two years.

Max Flisi, research analyst with IDC, maintains, "HP is currently number 2 in the LAN switch market by revenue, having just recently surpassed 3Com. Gaining market share and broadening its product portfolio will help make HP the best Cisco alternative it aims to become."

TABLE OF CONTENTS

IDC Opinion

In This Study

Situation Overview

Updates

Battle for Second Place

• Figure: HP and 3Com Port Shipments by Form Factor, 1Q02-1Q04
• Table: Worldwide LAN Switch Revenue by Top 5 Vendor, 1Q03 and 1Q04
• Figure: HP Port Shipments, 1Q02-1Q04
• Figure: HP and Market Average Port Shipment Growth, 2Q02-1Q04
• Figure: HP Port Shipment Share by Form Factor, 1Q02 and 1Q04
• Figure: HP Port Shipment Share by Speed, 1Q02 and 1Q04
• Figure: HP Port Revenue Share by Speed, 1Q02-1Q04

Future Outlook

Figure: Worldwide LAN Switch Gigabit and 100MB Revenue, 2003-2008

Essential Guidance

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