HP ProCurve Networking led the Ethernet switch market in terms of growth in the second quarter of calendar year 2003, according to the latest report released by Gartner Inc. (1)
Research results from the analyst firm`s recent report examining the worldwide layer 2 through layer 7 Ethernet switch market revealed that during the period HP ProCurve`s revenue share grew 18% with port shipments growing 12%. This revenue growth is significant in a market that essentially remained flat quarter-over-quarter. Gartner also reported substantial HP ProCurve growth in the layer 3 fixed switch market, with revenue growing 46% and port shipments increasing 65%.
"The recognition of our growth leadership in both revenue and port shipments represents an important validation of our business," said John McHugh, vice-president and general manager, HP ProCurve Networking Business. "Our enterprise customers continue to recognise HP ProCurve`s Adaptive EDGE Architecture as the smart economic choice for extending intelligence to the edge of the network."
HP ProCurve led the industry in total layer 3 growth with an increase of 48% in switch port shipments and 32% in revenue growth. HP ProCurve total layer 3 market share increased from 9% in the first quarter of 2003 to 12% in the second quarter.
To help customers get the best return on their information technology investments, HP offers the HP ProCurve family of products, services and solutions - including Ethernet switches, routing switches and network-management applications - which allows customers to build networks based on open standards that meet current and future needs for security, performance and reliability.
More information about HP ProCurve networking solutions and products is available at http://www.hp.com/go/hpprocurve.
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