The Top 5 Best-Selling Switch Brands In Q4 2017
Here are the five vendors that sold the most switches through the channel in the fourth quarter, according to The NPD Group.
Tops In Switches
Networking vendors eked out a small gain in switch sales through the channel in the fourth quarter, notching growth of less than 1 percent compared with the same period a year ago, according to data from The NPD Group.
Port Washington, N.Y.-based NPD tracks monthly sales data from the largest distributors and resellers in North America.
The total number of switches sold through the channel in the quarter was 514,095, up slightly from 510,822 in the fourth quarter of 2016, according to NPD. Among the top five vendors, only industry heavyweight and market-share leader Cisco registered any growth. The other vendors in NPD's data all saw sales declines through the channel during the quarter.
Here are the five vendors that sold the most switches through the channel in the fourth quarter, according to NPD.
5. D-Link Systems
D-Link Systems sold 25,259 switches during the fourth quarter, according to NPD. That total held the Fountain Valley, Calif., company steady with the same period a year ago, when it sold 25,277. D-Link did not have a switch model among the top 10-selling units during the quarter, and its market share was unchanged at 4.9 percent, NPD said.
4. TP-Link
Of all the five best-selling switch brands, TP-Link saw the steepest decline in the fourth quarter, according to NPD's data. The Shenzhen, China, company sold 26,023 switches in the quarter compared with 29,798 a year prior. That's a 12.7 percent year-over-year decrease. Still, the company's TLSF1005D Ethernet switch was the third-best-selling unit during the quarter, according to NPD. The company's market share declined to 5.1 percent from 5.8 percent a year ago.
3. Hewlett Packard Enterprise
HPE, Palo Alto, Calif., sold 54,941 switches during the fourth quarter, a 1.8 percent decline from the 55,923 it sold through the channel in the same period a year prior, according to NPD. The quarter's total was enough for a 10.7 percent market share, down slightly from the year-ago period. No HPE switch models were among the top 10 for the quarter, according to NPD.
2. Netgear
Netgear sold 92,274 switches through the channel in the fourth quarter, down slightly from the 93,531 it sold in the same period a year ago, NPD said. The total was good for a 17.9 percent market share, down from 18.3 a year prior. Netgear, San Jose, Calif., had four switches in the top 10-best-selling switches during the quarter, including the top two models, the FS105 and GS105NA five-port models.
1. Cisco
With six of the top 10 best-selling switches in the quarter, Cisco securely held its No. 1 position among switch vendors in the second quarter, selling 225,051 units during the period, a 5.7 percent increase that boosted the San Jose, Calif.-based company's market share to 43.8 percent from 41.7 a year earlier. All of the best-selling models in Cisco's lineup came from its Catalyst family, led by the WS-C2960X 24- and 48-port models.