40Gb Ethernet revenue grew 59.7% in 2Q2015, finds IDC

IDC estimates the worldwide Ethernet switch market (Layer 2/3) produced revenues of $5.8 billion in the second quarter of 2015 (2Q15), an increase of 1.0% year over year and an increase of 7.6% quarter over quarter. Other market research findings shared by IDC includes: The worldwide total enterprise and service provider router market continued to rebound from recent year-over-year declines, growing revenues 11.5% year over year in 2Q15 and also growing 11.5% sequentially. These growth rates are according to preliminary results published in the International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Ethernet Switch Tracker and Worldwide Quarterly Router Tracker. From a geographic perspective, the 2Q15 Ethernet switch market performed best in North America, which grew 5.1% year over year and 13.7% quarter over quarter. Asia/Pacific including Japan (APJ) saw a small decline of -2.4% year over year despite a 12.3% sequential increase. Latin America, normally a strong growth market, declined -2.9% year over year and -5.1% quarter over quarter. The Europe, Middle East & Africa region (EMEA) was also relatively weak in 2Q15, declining -2.4% year over year and -3.2% quarter over quarter. "Overall revenue and port shipment growth was weaker than expected in 2Q15. Even the relatively strong 10Gb segment saw weaker results than expected," said Rohit Mehra, Vice President, N...