Cisco: Mobile video to Increase 8.7-fold from 2016 to 2021
By 2021, the total number of smartphones (including phablets) will be over 50 percent of global devices and connections (6.2 billion) — up from 3.6 billion in 2016, according to...
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GSMA Predicts Fast Growth for Low-Power Wide Area Networks
GSMA is predicting that by 2022 low-power WAN (LPWA) connections will exceed 2G, 3G and 4G, as a leading technology Things (IoT) connection. The finding is based on Machina Research's...
Crehan: 25GbE and 100GbE > 50% of Data Center Ethernet Switch Shipments by 2021
Over half of all data center Ethernet switch shipments by 2021 will be 25 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) and 100GbE, according to a new report from Crehan Research that also predicts...
Dell’Oro: WDM Market Projected to Reach $15B by 2021
WDM revenue is projected to drive Optical Transport Equipment market over the next five years as the overall market is projected to reach $15 B by 2021, according to a...
IDC: Growth in Cloud IT Infrastructure Spending to Rise by 18% in 2017
Total spending on IT infrastructure products (server, enterprise storage, and Ethernet switches) for deployment in cloud environments will increase by 18.2% in 2017 to reach $44.2 billion, according to IDC's...
IDC: Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure Market Revenue Grows 8.1%
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 8.1% year over year to $8.4 billion in...
IDC: Huawei Makes Big Gains in Ethernet Switching
The worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) recorded $6.29 billion in revenue in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), an increase of 2.0% year over year, and the worldwide total...
IDC: Worldwide Server Sales Decline 7% in Q3
Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 7.0% year over year to $12.5 billion in the third quarter of 2016 (3Q16), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Ericsson: North America to Lead in 5G Rollouts
Mobile broadband to account for 90 percent of all subscriptions by 2022, according to the newly-released Ericsson Mobility Report. North America is set to lead in 5G rollouts and Ericsson...
Cisco: Cloud Traffic to Nearly Quadruple by 2020
Cloud traffic is expected to rise 3.7-fold, up from 3.9 zettabytes (ZB) per year in 2015 to 14.1 ZB per year by 2020, according to the newly-released sixth annual Cisco...
IDC: Worldwide Cloud IT Infrastructure Revenue Grows 14.5% to $7.7 Billion in Q2
Vendor revenue from sales of infrastructure products (server, storage, and Ethernet switch) for cloud IT, including public and private cloud, grew by 14.5% year over year to $7.7 billion in...
IDC: Worldwide Server Market Revenue Declines 0.4% in Q2
Vendor revenue in the worldwide server market declined 0.4% year over year to $13.4 billion in the second quarter of 2016 (2Q16), according to the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide...
Crehan: Spending Spikes for Branded Data Center Ethernet Switches
In the first half of 2016, spending on branded data center Ethernet switches saw the strongest growth since the first half of 2012, according to the most recent report from...
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