HP gains CISCO loses
By Asha

Technology giant HP has announced it has achieved market share gains across all networking segments in every region of the world in the first calendar quarter of 2011.

Specifically, the data reveals that HP gained 2.5 percentage points worldwide for layer 2 / layer 3 Ethernet switching revenue market share in the first quarter of 2011. Cisco’s share fell 5.8 points in the same period.

HP also gained 2.5 percentage points in router and 2.2 points in wireless local area network (WLAN) revenue market share over the same period, while Cisco’s share declined by 3.1 points in router and 0.4 points in WLAN.

Other highlights in the release to the media are

- Solidified No. 1 position in the smart managed switch category with 34 percent market share and a 13 percentage point lead over the second-place vendor.
- Strengthened No. 2 position in switching and router markets, both in revenue and unit share, with 12 percent revenue and 20.2 percent port share in switching, as well as 5.5 percent revenue and 10.3 percent unit share in routers.
- Gained switching revenue share year over year in all regions: 1 percentage point gain in North America; 2 points in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; 6 points in Asia Pacific and Japan; and 4 points in Latin America.
- Outpaced the market in switching revenue share growth in the Asia Pacific and Japan region during the period, growing from 14.6 percent to 20.1 percent, and in Latin America, which grew from 12.6 percent to 16.1 percent over the same period.
- Outperformed the market in switching, routing and WLAN categories during the two years since the first quarter 2009.