The following headline from Network Computing is accurate but misleading:
“Ethernet Switch Market: Cisco Declines, Arista Gains”
From just the headline one can assume Arista is getting close to Cisco Market share and about to gain the lead, but reading the article reveals more information.
Cisco is indeed declining, Market share dropped to 55.1% from 59%. This goes inline with global trend of having an option and Open Ethernet.
While Arista is gaining, 5.1% from 3.9% . An impressive gain, but no where near Cisco.
A more important detail and maybe a catchier headline would have been Huawei. 6.3% from 3.9%. Yes, Huawei surpassed Arista in Market share, yet the headline discusses Arista.
Not Fake news, but interesting interpretation.
