HP ProCurve Networking

HP ProCurve Grows 20 Percent in Declining Market

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 20, 2009 – HP ProCurve Networking experienced higher year-over-year worldwide growth in network port sales than any other industry vendor, according to a recent report by market research firm Dell’Oro Group.⁽¹⁾

In a market that saw shipments decline for the majority of vendors of Layer 2 through Layer 7 switched ports, HP ProCurve grew at a 20 percent rate year over year from the fourth calendar quarter of 2007 to the same quarter of 2008. The industry rate for this period declined by 1.6 percent, according to the report.

HP ProCurve’s Layer 2 and Layer 3 total Gigabit worldwide port shipments grew 35.1 percent year over year compared to market growth of 8.6 percent. HP ProCurve’s Power over Ethernet (PoE) worldwide shipments grew 32.4 percent year over year compared to market growth of 8.6 percent.


ProCurve growth 2000-2008

Customers rely on HP ProCurve, including the recently announced HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (ProCurve ONE) and data center solutions, to help lower costs, mitigate risks and drive business growth. Additionally, thousands of enterprise and midsize customers have embraced the HP ProCurve Adaptive Networks vision to address their rapidly changing enterprise data center needs and improve the efficiency of their network applications.
“Customers are increasingly faced with the need to deliver a faster return on investment while balancing the growing demands of their networks,” said Marius Haas, senior vice president and general manager, HP ProCurve. “This updated market growth data reflects the increasing number of customers who have turned to HP ProCurve for alternative business technology solutions that have become critical to their success.”
Additional HP ProCurve regional growth details and highlights from the fourth quarter of 2008, comparing year-over-year regional port growth in total switched Layer 2 through Layer 7 shipments, include:
• In Asia Pacific, HP ProCurve grew at 40.1 percent versus an Asian market that grew by 1.3 percent – 31 times the rate of the market and 10 times that of the nearest competitor.
• In Europe, the Middle East and Africa, HP ProCurve grew at 24.3 percent in a market that declined 3.6 percent.

• In North America, HP ProCurve saw growth at a 6.8 percent rate against a market that declined 2.7 percent.

About HP ProCurve Networking

As part of the HP Technology Solutions Group, HP ProCurve is the Network of Choice for best-in-class solutions, products and services for wired and wireless networks.

HP ProCurve was positioned in the Leaders quadrant in research and advisory firm Gartner Inc.’s 2008 Magic Quadrant Report for Global Campus LANs and is a worldwide leader in Ethernet switch market revenue and ports according to Dell’Oro Group.

More information about HP ProCurve is available at http://www.procurve.eu/.

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(1) Dell’Oro Group, “Ethernet Switch Report 4Q08,” February 2009.

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