Increasing bandwidth requirements, data center consolidation, and virtualization, are driving demand for 10 Gbps Ethernet Adapters. Further fueling competition and innovation in the 10 Gbps Ethernet Adapters market is the potential of a unified fabric that is bringing together vendors from the High Performance Computing, Storage Area Networking, and Local Area Networking arenas.

To take advantage of the opportunities in this market, component manufacturers, equipment vendors, service providers, and financial institutions need to answer critical business questions including:

• How is Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) progressing?
• Which of the numerous system and component vendors are gaining market share?
• How quickly are data centers migrating server connections to 10 Gbps Ethernet?
• What is the adoption of the various fiber and copper technologies?

To answer these and other important questions, Dell’Oro Group delivers both quarterly reports and 5-year forecasts* on the Network Adapters market.

Network Adapters Quarterly Reports

In February, May, August, and November, Dell’Oro Group publishes Network Adapters quarterly reports containing in-depth market-level and detailed vendor market share information on the following markets:

• Adapter Cards (10 Gbps Ethernet)
• Silicon Controllers (10 Gbps Ethernet)

• Stand-alone Fiber Cards
• Stand-alone Copper Cards
• Mezzanine Cards

The reports include tables showing manufacturers' revenue, ports shipped, and average selling prices. We report revenue, ports shipped, and average selling prices for Adapter Cards (stand-alone and mezzanine) and manufacturers' unit shipments for Silicon Controllers.

Network Adapters 5-Year Forecasts*

In January and July, Dell’Oro Group publishes Network Adapters 5-year forecasts offering a complete overview of the 10 Gbps Ethernet Adapters market. The forecasts provide a comprehensive overview of market trends and include tables covering revenue, port shipment, and average selling price forecasts for the following:

• Adapter Cards (10 Gbps Ethernet)
• Silicon Controllers (10 Gbps Ethernet) (units only)

Network Adapters Market Research Services

The Dell’Oro Group Network Adapters market research service is:

	Service Name	Technologies Covered
	Network Adapters			10 Gbps Ethernet (Adapter Cards and Controllers)

Subscription to the Dell’Oro Group Network Adapters market research service also includes:

• Dell’Oro Analyst Advantage program – On-demand interaction with our senior analysts for in-depth information on virtually all aspects of the networking and telecommunications industries
• Dell’Oro BusinessIMPACT research – Rigorous research that gives you business insight and enables you to make fact-based, strategic decisions based on the best market information possible
• Web access and hard copy of four quarterly reports published in February, May, August, and November and two 5-year forecast reports published in January and July*
• Participation in our client-only quarterly update conference calls