Acceleration of Data Center Activities Buoy Ethernet Test Equipment Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Acceleration of Data Center Activities Buoy Ethernet Test Equipment Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan PR Newswire SHANGHAI, September 10, 2012 - Additional bandwidth compels service providers to turn to Ethernet, creating a bigger market for test vendors SHANGHAI, September 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The explosion of network traffic in China is forcing network operators and network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) to seek higher-speed technologies to break the bandwidth limit. The proliferation of higher bandwidth applications has popularized 10GbE networks, while the 40/100GbE market is also anticipated to witness considerable growth. Owing to the rapid uptake of these networks, the Ethernet test equipment market is expected to exhibit double-digit growth rates till 2018. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.testandmeasurement.frost.com), Chinese Ethernet Test Equipment Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $109.5 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $264.9 million in 2018. The rising adoption of cloud computing is driving both private and government organizations to data centers for a higher degree for business continuity and security. Further, the extra bandwidth created by the mushrooming of smart terminals and the widespread application of data/video/voice services is compelling service providers and NEMs to move toward Ethernet technology. This movement offers significant opportunities to test vendors.