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Conference netcad::hub_mgnt

Title:DEChub/HUBwatch/PROBEwatch CONFERENCE
Notice:Firmware -2, Doc -3, Power -4, HW kits -5, firm load -6&7
Moderator:NETCAD::COLELLADT
Created:Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4455
Total number of notes:16761

2502.0. "who's number one?" by 49872::JRS (John SHADE - 'Attila the Nun') Tue Jul 11 1995 11:55

There's an interesting slide in the enVISN presentation that shows Digital's
share of CY94 market revenue. It claims that we are number 3 in routers, number
3 in hubs and number 2 in switching. Who are the others?

        Routers       Hubs      Switching
        ---------------------------------
  1.    Cisco          ?           ?
  2.    Wellfleet      ?        Digital
  3.    Digital       Digital      ?

Note that market revenue is not necessarilly the same as market share; Cisco
claims that they have 51% of the router market, Wellfleet 15%, and 3Com 7%
(Digital is not mentioned). I realise that these are all somewhat meaningless
marketing figures, but as soon as we claim that we're number three, it's
legitimate to ask who numbers one and two are.

Thanks,

-John
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2502.1maybe Digital will be 1 or 2 in the converged marketNAC::FORRESTThu Jul 13 1995 17:519
    Cisco is number 1 in switching - they got there by buying Kalpana,
    adding to the share they already had.
    
    Cabletron and SynOptics (Bay) battle it out for numbers 1 and 2 in hubs
    each year.
    
    The point of the slide is that Digital is well positioned to be a major
    player in the converged technology market.