Research Question: How does global data center scalability affect IT OEMs as elastic cloud computing-as-a-service eats into traditional box-based vendors’ dominance in private network construction? Which other companies will benefit or face challenges as mass-scale cloud delivery of data services expands into new categories of business? Companies: AAPL, AMZN, ANET, CHKP, CSCO, EQIX, FEYE, FIT, FTNT, […]
Research Question: What will be the fastest growing uses of cloud-based networking services in 2016? Which companies will lead or lag within the highest growth categories? Companies: AKAM, AMZN, ANET, CHKP, CRM, CSCO, CTXS, CUDA, DATA, EMC, FEYE, FFIV, FTNT, GOOG/GOOGL, HPQ, IBM, JNPR, MSFT, NTAP, ORCL, PANW, QLIK, RAX, SMCI, TDC, VMW, WDAY By: John […]
Research Question: Will threats from white box and branded data switch competitors slow Arista Networks’ growth? Companies: ANET, BRCD, CSCO, EMC, EXTR, HPQ, JNPR, MLNX, SHE:002502, SMCI, TPE:2345, TPE:2382 By: David Franklin Click here to download the report (.pdf) Summary of Findings Arista Networks, Inc. (ANET) is likely to suffer declining margins, and slowed growth […]
Research Question: Will spending on IT security products continue to outpace the rate of overall IT spending, or has it peaked for the remainder of 2015? Companies: CHKP, CSCO, FEYE, FFIV, FTNT, JNPR, PANW, PFPT, RTN By: John Harrington Click here to download the report (.pdf) Summary IT security budgets are stretched, and large new […]
Research Question: How will spending trends for the second half of the year affect Cisco and other IT hardware-focused vendors? Companies: AMZN, CHKP, CSCO, CVLT, EMC, FEYE, FFIV, FTNT, HPQ, IBM, JNPR, MSFT, NTAP, PANW, SMCI By: John Harrington Click here to download the full report (.pdf) Summary Hardware sales are slowing for major vendors, […]
Research Question: With large-scale cloud players making their own switching gear, or considering it, and with switches from Chinese contract builders flooding the market, how will Arista continue to grow against traditional rivals like Cisco as well as new, low-cost competitors such as Mellanox? Companies: AMZN, ANET, BRCD, CSCO, EXTR, FB, GOOG/GOOGL, HPQ, JNPR, MLNX, SMCI, […]
Research Question: Are IT hardware sales cycles continuing to lengthen as we move further into the year? If so, which classes of equipment and vendors are exposed to the trend? Companies: AMZN, ANET, CSCO, CTXS, CVLT, EMC, FFIV, FTNT, HPQ, IBM, JNPR, MSFT, NTAP, ORCL, PANW, RVBD, SMCI By: John Harrington Click here to download the […]
Research Question: What effect is heavy competition among network security vendors having on 2015 customer projects and product deployments? Companies: CHKP, CSCO, CUDA, FEYE, FTNT, JNPR, PANW By: John Harrington Click here to download the report (.pdf) Highlights Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) are spending what our eight security […]
Research Question: As the 4G wireless network ecosystem evolves, which major vendors are poised for design wins in 2015 and beyond? Companies: ALTR, AMZN, ANET, ARMH, BRCD, BRCM, CAVM, CEVA, CSCO, CTXS, EMC, EPA:ALU/ALU, EXTR, FSL, GOOG/GOOGL, HPQ, INTC, JNPR, KRX:005930, MRVL, MSFT, MVNR, NOK, NTAP, QCOM, RAX, RVBD, SHE:000063, SHE:002502, STO:ERIC-B, T, TPE:2303, TPE:2330, TPE:2388, TPE:2454, […]
Research Question: As enterprises upgrade and certain cloud services take hold, what effect will those trends, along with the stifling of U.S. IT companies in China, have on leading tech hardware vendors in 2015? Companies: ALU, AMZN, ANET, BRCD, CIEN, CSCO, CTXS, EMC, EXTR, FFIV, GOOG/GOOGL, HPQ, IBM, JNPR, LVLT, MSFT, NTAP, ORCL, RHT, SHA:600198, […]
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