Networking Brand Leaders – 2020

Ethernet switches designed to deliver 100 to 400 GbE connectivity on a single port. Cisco dominated the competition for 100-400Gb Ethernet Switches as IT Pros voted them the leader in all six categories¬ – Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and...

Ethernet adapters designed to deliver 25,40,50, and/or 100 GbE connectivity. IT Pros voted Mellanox the leader across the board for 25-100Gb Ethernet Adapters, making this their third consecutive year as Market leader. Broadcom was voted all around second and Intel...

Ethernet switches designed to deliver 25,40,50, and/or 100 GbE connectivity on a single port. Cisco continues to be the front runner for 25-100Gb Ethernet Switches as IT Pros voted them the leader for Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and Service...

Server adapters used to connect a server to a Fibre Channel SAN. Broadcom and their Emulex brand HBAs proved to be the clear leader for Fibre Channel HBAs as they received the majority of votes from IT Pros for Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and...

Fibre Channel switches designed to deliver Fibre Channel connectivity. Cisco and Broadcom were close in all segments for Fibre Channel Switches; however, Cisco emerged as the leader for Market, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and Service & Support. The...

A network device that helps web server performance by performing tasks such as: compression, cache, connection multiplexing, application layer security, SSL offload, and content switching; combined with basic server load balancing. ADCs are usually placed between the...

Products that enable you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems & outages. Cisco swept the board for Network Performance Management as IT Pros voted them the leader for Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and Service...

Software that helps web server performance by performing compression, cache, connection multiplexing, application layer security, SSL offload, and content switching; combined with basic server load balancing. Servers running ADC software is usually placed between the...

Commercially-available bare metal switches with choice of merchant switch chip from Broadcom, Intel, or Mellanox; plus choice of merchant switch OS from Arista, Cumulus, Big Switch, or Pica8. Dell EMC once again leads all six segments for Open Networking Switch for...

Merchant switch OS used on white box switches. While the top three companies of Open Networking Switch OS were close in all categories, Arista came out on top as the Market leader, also claiming Price, Performance, Innovation and Service & Support leader. Big...

Packet capture and network recording appliances which include hardware and software. Riverbed continues to lead the board for Packet Capture Appliances as IT Pros voted them Market, Price, Performance, Reliability, Innovation and Service & Support leader for the...

Software that helps web server performance by performing compression, cache, connection multiplexing, application layer security, SSL offload, and content switching; combined with basic server load balancing. Servers running ADC software is usually placed between the...