Data center fabric is a network infrastructure where interconnections between switches and servers are weaved in the form of a fabric. These interconnections are used to create multiple active links. Data center fabric helps meet networking demands such as bandwidth and topology extension and improves failover time in data centers for cloud and virtualization environments. The technology reduces the IT budget of organizations and improves flexibility, agility, and efficiency of IT-related operations. We expect such technology to meet the present and future computing requirements of enterprises and gain popularity among cloud-based organizations.

PART 01: Executive summary 5

PART 02: Scope of the report 16

Market overview 16

Top-vendor offerings 17

PART 03: Market research methodology 19

Research methodology 19

Economic indicators 19

PART 04: Introduction 20

Key market highlights 20

PART 05: Market landscape 21

Market overview 21

Market size and forecast 24

Five forces analysis 26

PART 06: Market segmentation by product 27

Fabric switches 27

SAN fabric 29

Fabric routers 31

Management software 33

PART 07: Market segmentation by end-user 35

CSPs 35

TSPs 37

Enterprises 39

PART 08: Geographical segmentation 41

Americas 41

EMEA 42

APAC 44

PART 09: Market drivers 45

PART 10: Impact of drivers 48

PART 11: Market challenges 49

PART 12: Impact of drivers and challenges 51

PART 13: Market trends 52

PART 14: Vendor landscape 54

Brocade Communications Systems 54

Cisco Systems 58

Dell 62

HPE 64

Juniper Networks 68

Other prominent vendors 73

PART 15: Appendix 75

List of abbreviations 75

PART 16: Explore Technavio 76