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HP ProCurve Market Growth Nearly Quadruples Industry Rate
Friday 12. December 2008 - HP today announced that HP ProCurve experienced year-over-year worldwide revenue and port growth for the third calendar quarter of 2008 that greatly outpaced the growth rate of the networking industry, according to data from a quarterly report by market research firm DellOro Group.(1)
HP ProCurves portfolio of wired and wireless infrastructure solutions provides customers with optimal levels of network performance, from large enterprises to small and medium-sized businesses.
According to the analyst firms data, HP ProCurve growth in worldwide port shipments exceeded that of any other industry vendor in a market that saw a majority of vendor port shipments decline. Specifically, HP ProCurve grew worldwide switched Layer 2 through Layer 7 port shipments by 25.8 percent in the third calendar quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. The industry growth rate for this period was 6.6 percent.
In addition, DellOro Group data revealed HP ProCurves worldwide revenue also grew at a higher rate than the rest of the market, accelerating 14.1 percent, compared to the industry average of 4.5 percent. Also, HP ProCurves Power over Ethernet (PoE) worldwide shipments grew 51.7 percent year-over-year compared to market growth of 13.7 percent.
“In our current economic climate, customers are looking even more closely at their IT investments and are choosing HP ProCurve,” said Marius Haas, senior vice president and general manager, HP ProCurve. “This latest DellOro report reflects the growing number of customers – from small offices to global enterprises – who are choosing HP ProCurve to adapt their networks to meet changing business requirements.”