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Sales of Ethernet switches remain flat, but the market for 40 gigabit per second switches is increasing:
The total Q3 Ethernet switch market revenue was $6.1 billion, just two per cent higher than for the same quarter in 2014, and the enterprise share slipped from Q2 to Q3 by 7.2 per cent.
North America was the best place to be selling switches in 2015, with IDC saying is rose 8.2 per cent year-on-year. The Asia-Pac rose 3.9 per cent, China by 3.6 per cent, and Western Europe was nearly flat at 0.8 per cent.
[...] A bright spot for vendors is that customers seem to be drinking the 40 Gbps kool-aid. While 10 Gbps port shipments rose by 27.4 per cent, prices are falling, so the segment value dipped by 1.6 per cent. The 40 Gbps segment, on the other hand, rose 41.4 per cent year-on-year to a value of $644 million.
More info about 25 Gigabit Ethernet (and 50), and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (and 40).
(Score: 2) by RamiK on Thursday December 10 2015, @11:00PM
And I do not endorse its use; it seems pretty shoddy to me. Perhaps...
No no you were right the first time. It's a mess of property lock-ins, sub(non-existing)standard performance and price gauging.
It won't be safe to use until you'd be able to go into Walmart, ask for a fiber extension wire or a fiber LAN switch, and get what you want without having to say another word. That is, if you need to google anything to do with connectors or fiber materials, types and widths, you might be doing it right, but the market is doing it wrong so you better stir clear.
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