Increasing network demands are driving the

migration to 10-Gigabit switching as smallto medium-sized organizations strive to

stay ahead of performance bottlenecks
Affordable 10GbE copper solutions address the exponential
internet traffic growth generated by the Internet of Things (IoT),
more data production and consumption, and cloud based services.

100%

of SMBs (up to 500 employees), foresee the need

to deploy 10-Gigabit switching to be present in
their network now or in the future. No-one wants to
be left behind.

33%

75%

of SMB networks
will have deployed
10-Gigabit
switching by
the end of 2017.

of SMB networks
currently have
10-Gigabit
switching.

The proportion of 10-Gigabit ports in SMBs is set to rise.

34%

61%

100%

Currently

By end of 2017

Future

1 in 3 SMBs have greater than 30% 10-Gigabit port penetration in their

network today, whereas nearly 2 in 3 SMBs expect to have greater than
30% penetration by the end of 2017.

76%
33%

4 in 10

SMBs are migrating to

10-Gigabit switching
solutions in anticipation of
increasing network
performance bottlenecks.

1 in 3

SMBs are migrating to

10-Gigabit switching
solutions to accommodate
new premise expansion.

10-Gigabit switching is very much alive outside the datacenter/core

of the network.

42%

plan to use 10-Gigabit

switching in workgroup
settings, compared to
only 15% use for
aggregation.
High Speed Switching Solutions for Everyone
Previously thought to be affordable and applicable only to the enterprise space, small- to
medium-sized organizations can now take advantage of cost-effective 10-Gigabit Ethernet
switching solutions to support high-speed networking requirements. Find out more at
www.netgear.com/10gigabit.

Research notes: Palmer Research completed a survey for

Netgear conducted from Feb. 8 through Feb.17, 2016. There
were a total of 550 interviews completed; 200 each from the
US and UK and 150 from Germany. The margin of error is 4.2%
at a 95% confidence level.

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