Users unhappy at high Cisco router prices
Robert Jaques writes in vnunet.com:
Cisco Systems continues to dominate the US enterprise router market, but prospective purchasers are becoming increasingly unhappy with the relatively high prices of the networking giant’s kit, research published today has claimed.
According to the Infonetics Research study, Cisco wins in all categories except pricing and value, for which users rate 3Com, ADTRAN, Juniper, and Nortel more highly.
Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst at Infonetics Research said: "Cisco continues to top respondents' short list of vendors for future router purchases, but the surprise this year is that Juniper shoots up to second, which is impressive considering the company has only recently entered the market.
"Cisco's vulnerability in the pricing category increased this year, with all vendors but one outscoring them, and with Juniper outscoring them on value. Still, Cisco continues to get the highest satisfaction marks overall - almost double the votes than competitors. And more importantly, companies are not all that likely to change router vendors; in fact, they'll avoid it if at all possible."
posted by Fergie @ 8/22/2005 07:08:00 AM
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