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10 GbE and 40 GbE Set to Generate $7 Billion in 2014

Apr 17, 2014
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Rohit Mehra, research VP at IDC, said that 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) are set to hit 20 million ports in 2014. According to IDC, 10 and 40 GbE Ethernet datacenter ports will generate combined revenues of $7 billion for 2014 and will account for 90 percent of all datacenter Ethernet switch spending.

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