IDC's Worldwide Enterprise Network Infrastructure Taxonomy, 2011

This IDC study presents IDC's taxonomy of the enterprise networking infrastructure market. It provides the definitions of Ethernet switch, router, WLAN, and VoIP infrastructure. It also provides datacenter networking-specific definitions for Fibre Channel, InfiniBand, and application delivery. It is the foundation for IDC's forecast and market share documents in 2010 and 2011. The taxonomy is used by IDC analysts around the world to generate IDC market sizing, forecasts, and company models.

"IDC's enterprise network infrastructure taxonomy is an updated view of definitions that are used by various IDC analysts worldwide covering the enterprise and datacenter networking markets, and it provides the basis for our quantitative and qualitative market research and analysis." — Rohit Mehra, director, Enterprise Communications Infrastructure