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Recently, Gartner released the data center network magic quadrant in 2019. The report measures 12 selected companies in seven dimensions (product or service, overall viability, sales execution / pricing, market response / recording, marketing execution, customer experience and operations), and based on foresight and execution capabilities, place them in four quadrants according to score. The ranking is uneven, it can be said that there are several joys and sorrows.

▲ data Center Network Magic Quadrant 2019

IT168 learned that the 12 companies are:

Leaders (three): Cisco, Juniper Networks, Arista Networks

Challenger (one): Huawei

Visionaries (four): VMware, Dell EMC, Big Switch Networks, Cumulus Networks

Four people in specific fields: Xinhua 3, HPE, Extreme Networks, Mellanox Technologies

▲ Gartner data Center Network Magic Quadrant, 2019 VS. 2018

We combine the data center network magic quadrant in 2018 to make a comprehensive analysis, as shown in the figure above. The light blue dot indicates the position in 2018, the dark blue indicates the position in 2019, the arrow indicates the direction of movement, and the red x indicates the losers this year.

1. Leaders compete fiercely.

Cisco, Juniper Networks and Arista Networks are growing rapidly and are still taking the lead in the first Group Army. Among them, Arista has greatly improved in terms of execution and foresight; Cisco has performed strongly in execution, but lost some points in foresight; and Juniper Network has declined slightly and has fallen to the edge of the first Group Army, which is in jeopardy.

Cisco's flagship data center networking solution is an application-centric infrastructure (ACI), an industry-leading software-defined networking solution that automates the data center while ensuring application flexibility. Gartner expects Cisco to continue to invest in its portfolio, with a focus on extending ACI to multi-cloud environments, 400G switches, and better analytics and visibility.

Juniper Networks' broad product portfolio includes Contrail Enterprise Multicloud;, an orchestration platform specially built for operations in a multi-cloud era, as well as a full range of enterprise data center switches, routers and security solutions. Through the acquisition of Mist Systems's artificial intelligence-driven solution, Juniper consolidates its technical commitment to enable artificial intelligence-driven enterprise IT operations from data centers to wireless access.

Arista's flagship data center networking solution is the Universal Cloud Network (UCN), which includes switches, Extensible operating Systems (EOS), and CloudVision hybrid cloud service platforms. "We estimate that the revenue growth of Arista data centers in 2018 is two to three times that of the market," Gartner said. "large companies should put Arista on their shortlist of global data center network vendors."

2. Huawei leads the pack in the Challenger Quadrant

The challenger quadrant is so empty that Huawei is the only manufacturer. "Huawei's flagship CloudFabric cloud data center network, which includes switches, NOS, Agile Controller-DCN and FabricInsight analyzers, has become one of the preferred solutions for many enterprises around the world to build cloud data center networks," Gartner said.

It is worth noting that Huawei AI Fabric extreme Ethernet solution brings extreme performance of zero packet loss, low latency and high throughput to data centers, which can help customers build RDMA networks compatible with traditional Ethernet and lead data center networks into an era of extremely lossless high performance.

3. A little change for those with foresight

The execution of Dell EMC and Cumulus Networks has declined, and the market influence has been shaken; VMware is still improving slightly with its NSX data center; and Big Switch Networks is steady, surpassing the counterattack, and quickly occupying a place in the quadrant of foresight.

4. the undercurrent of people in specific fields is surging.

Extreme Networks fell from the list of challengers to the specific quadrant; Xinhua three had a sharp decline in executive power and foresight; HPE had a variety of market strategies, which led to a slight decline in its executive power; Mellanox Technologies led four companies in the quadrant with forward-looking scores; and Pluribus and Lenovo fell out of the magic quadrant because they did not meet the entry criteria.

Conclusion:

Over the past few years, customers have been building private cloud data centers and looking for data center networks consistent with these initiatives. Specifically, over the past two years, customers have become increasingly interested in agility, DevOps, and HCIS. Gartner predicts that in the next two to five years, a variety of technologies will drive the market, including: multi-cloud networks, visibility and analytics, Brite-box, programmable chips, 400G, NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), Kubernetes/ container networks, etc.

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