Fiber channel adapters are hardware components that connect servers and storage area network (SAN). The adapters use PCI slots to connect to the server and SAN. These fiber channel components are used across several application areas such as data centers, and with growth in IT industry, the server infrastructure consolidation, using virtualization, reduces cost in the form of reduced demand for cooling, power and management costs, and lesser input-output bottlenecks are created. Furthermore, the accelerating growth of virtualized data centers is driving the demand for fiber channel storage, and along with it, fiber channel adapters, especially with 16GB Gen 5 Fiber Channel SANs.

PART 01: Executive summary

PART 02: Scope of the report

PART 03: Research Methodology

PART 04: Introduction

PART 05: Market landscape

Market overview

Market size and forecast

Five forces analysis

PART 06: Market segmentation by end-user

Global fiber channel adapter market by end-user

Servers and storage

Telecommunication providers

Enterprise and industrial

PART 07: Geographical segmentation

Global fiber channel adapter market by geography

Americas

EMEA

APAC

PART 08: Decision framework

PART 09: Drivers and challenges

Market drivers

Market challenges

PART 10: Market trends

Increasing adoption of virtualized computing

environments

Increasing adoption of fiber channel adapters in cloud

computing

Evolution of fiber channel-based storage networking

Emergence of advanced multiprotocol adapters

PART 11: Vendor landscape

Competitive scenario

PART 12: Key vendors

Brocade Communications Systems (now part of

Broadcom)

Cisco Systems

QLogic (acquired by Cavium in 2016)

Broadcom

Other prominent vendors

PART 13: Appendix

List of abbreviations

PART 14: Explore Technavio