Is Cisco increasing or losing its lead in the enterprise networking market?
Rachna Ahlawat: Cisco has increased its lead a few percentage points because of their market share, but it’s not significant. For example, in the switch space, they have gone from 65% to 67%. But they fluctuate so much that we cannot say it’s significant. In other words, it’s been flat and they have maintained their position. More than 80% of worldwide Internet traffic passes through Cisco devices. Where do you see that percentage in 10 years? Ahlawat: Cisco has about 65% of the market outside of North America, which means Cisco has gained significant traction in the service provider market in the last couple of years. Cisco still has 80% on the North American market share because they were the first to come out with those products, but I see the competition continuing to put up a good fight in the future as this has proved to be a challenging market for Cisco. If you have many network backbones dependent on Cisco, that equivocates to be a prime target for hackers. Rachna Ahlawat With
