According to IDC's recently published Q3 Enterprise Networking tracker, the overall switch market in 2013 is set to grow by about 0.3% and routing market by about 0.8%, compared to 2012. At the same time, the more dynamic and the comparatively smaller WLAN market is set to grow by a whopping 36% for the same period.
"WLAN market seems to be growing exponentially as the proliferation of smart devices coupled with the need to be connected on the go has pushed the demand for a wireless last mile connection. The next-generation .ac products which promise to deliver gigabit speed in a secured environment coupled with growing traction of BYOD concept is pegged to be the next big driver in the wireless market," said Manoj Iyer, Market Analyst - Enterprise networking.
The switching market especially the low-value, high-volume Layer 2 unmanaged switching solutions in the 100mb/1g category took the maximum brunt of foreign currency fluctuation as an extremely cost-conscious market couldn’t absorb the rise in cost. In contrast to this, the high-value switching solutions in Layer 3 10g/40g saw encouraging growth and would continue to garner demand from large enterprises as firms continue to invest in making their networking infrastructure scalable to address future explosion of bandwidth demand.
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WLAN market to witness whopping growth, says IDC report
