Abstract
This IDC study is the result of our ongoing compilation of market data related
to the Fibre Channel (FC) switch market in each of the 13 countries in the
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) or APEJ region. This study follows IDC' s
Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan) Fibre Channel Switch 2007-2011 Forecast and
Analysis (IDC #AP261107P) that was published in November 2007.
This study provides the following:
- A summary of the APEJ market in 1H07 compared with the data in 1H06
- Factory and market revenues as well as port shipments broken down by country, switch segment, and vendor
- Forecasts for the regional market from 2007 to 2011
- Market strategies
- A discussion of how future trends, such as 8Gbps and 10Gbps connectivity, and competing technologies, such as the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI), will affect the competitive position of FC switch vendors
"Amid the positive economic climates in most APEJ markets and a large pool of
disk storage capacity that remains unconnected to storage area networks (SAN),
IDC observed an overall increase in the adoption of networked storage solutions
in 1H07. The FC switch market grew 26.2% and 64.9% in terms of factory revenue
and unit shipments, respectively, compared with the growth in 1H06. Over the
next five years, the APEJ FC switch market is expected to register robust
growth in port shipments but with attenuated revenue growth, as margins
continue to be pressured by falling price points," says Cheryl Ganesan-Lim,
market analyst, Storage, IDC Asia/Pacific.
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