Will Cisco switching be trumped by advanced technologies as early as next year?

By Brad Reese on Sat, 11/08/08 - 12:01am.

It's illuminating to examine various Cisco product group sales over the past 9 years and chart their evolution as a percentage of Cisco yearly net sales. Advanced Technologies stands out as one group that has increased its contribution to Cisco sales since the company began recording sales from the group in 2003. It "vanquished" Routers in 2007 by grabbing a higher percentage of Cisco's net sales (23.1% for Advanced Technologies vs. 19.8% for Routers).

Perhaps at the current rate Switching could be "trumped" by Advanced Technologies as early as next year?

Cisco Product Group Sales as a Percentage of Yearly Net Sales:

Cisco Fiscal Year	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000
Routers	20.0%	19.8%	21.1%	22.2%	24.5%	25.7%	29.6%	32.2	37.4%
Switches	33.7%	35.7%	38.0%	40.7%	40.7%	41.0%	40.0%	40.3	36.9%
Adv Tech	24.6%	23.1%	19.7%	17.8%	15.1%	10.6%	-	-	-
Service	16.3%	15.6%	16.0%	15.9%	15.8%	17.5%	17.2%	12.3%	-
Other	5.4%	5.7%	5.2%	3.4%	3.8%	5.2%	8.0%	6.9%	13.9%
Access	-	-	-	-	-	-	5.1%	8.3%	11.8%

Source: Cisco Form 10-K Filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Note:

Advanced Technologies (Adv Tech) - inlcudes video systems sales, unified communications sales, home networking product sales, security products sales, wireless LAN product sales, storage area networking product sales and application networking services sales.

Service - includes the sale of technical support service contracts and consulting support services for specific networking needs.

Other - includes sales of optical networking products, sales of IP-based communications solutions to service providers as well as sales of emerging technology products.

Access - includes the sale of access concentrators and digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) products.

Do you think it's possible for Switching to be "trumped" by Advanced Technologies as early as next year?

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