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December 02, 2015

IHS Releases Rankings of Enterprise Networking Hardware Makers

IHS has released its new Enterprise Networking Scorecard which ranks a number of enterprise networking and communication hardware makers.

“Networking and communication technologies are critical elements for the operation of any enterprise, and the companies profiled in our scorecard are capable of addressing a wide range of enterprise needs,” IHS (News - Alert) research director for enterprise networks and video Matthias Machowinski said.

The company’s report highlights a number of companies, including Brocade (News - Alert), Cisco, HP, Huawei, Avaya and Juniper.

HIS ranks companies as “Leader”, “Established” or “Challenger” based on a number of criteria, such as market share, market share momentum, financial performance and buyer feedback.

Given their focus on the enterprise, it’s not surprising that these are familiar names to both businesses and the general public.

“The leaders we’ve identified—Brocade, Cisco, HP and Huawei (News - Alert)—are stable and well-known companies, have worked to diversify their offerings, and are generally well-regarded by enterprise buyers,” Machowinski said.

According to IHS, Brocade has succeeded by targeting high growth areas. Cisco (News - Alert) is still a leader in networking even as it pursues cloud technologies with the acquisition of OpenDNS in 2015.

 HP is banking on its longstanding IT leadership and is pursuing networking as a strategic priority.

Huawei is pursuing underserved markets worldwide from its home base in China.

Avaya also has a 20-year history dating from its spin-off from Lucent, which in turn was a spin-off from Bell Labs (News - Alert).

Juniper, usually thought of as the biggest competitor to Cisco, continues to target high-value enterprise networking, the same market that Cisco does.

Even as more companies transition from on-premises to cloud solutions, demand for networking hardware will be constant. After all, even if they use more hosted solutions, they still have to wire up their offices. Cloud providers will also have to have reliable networks on the back end to serve up these applications.

That’s why the future looks bright for enterprise networking manufacturers.




Edited by Kyle Piscioniere
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