Data Center Switching
The data center switching market has undergone substantial change in the past 18months due to interest in AI infrastructure. I&O leaders can use this research to shortlist vendors that best address their data center network requirements.
Market Definition
This market covers data center network switches and the requisite management and automation platforms for them. Data center switches are Ethernet switches installed in a data center environment intended to provide connectivity for endpoints, including servers, firewalls, and Layer 4 through Layer 7 appliances and mainframes.
Data center switches provide foundational connectivity mostly for compute resources in the data center. This is required to enable applications in support of business requirements. Emerging use cases that drive investments on data center networks include both AI and edge workloads.
Report 2025
Here is a summary of the vendors featured in the Gartner magic quadrant 2025 report.
For the full analysis and detailed insights, you can read the report
here
and view the magic quadrant graphic
here.
| Market Status | Market Vendor |
|---|---|
Leader |
Arista Networks |
Leader |
Cisco |
Leader |
Huawei |
Leader |
Juniper Networks |
Visionary |
Dell Technologies |
Visionary |
Nokia |
Niche Player |
H3C |
Niche Player |
Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise |
Niche Player |
Extreme Networks |
Challenger |
HPE |
Challenger |
NVIDIA |