Enterprises are seeing "torrid growth" in their wireless local area networks, or WLANs, as the bring-your-own-device trend continues to pick up steam worldwide, according to a new report.
New IDC data shows that enterprise WLAN revenues in the first quarter of 2012 posted a 27.2 percent increase over the same quarter a year ago. The combined consumer and enterprise segments demonstrated year-over-year revenue growth of 13.9 percent.
"The momentum behind bring your own device (BYOD) in the enterprise continues unabated," said IDC's Rohit Mehra, "and is the single largest factor driving enterprise mobility and WLAN market growth."
Quarter-over-quarter was a different story, however: the two segments combined for a 2.9 percent decrease. (IDC says the first quarter tends to be weak on a seasonal basis.)
Globally:
"WLAN investments remain high on the priority list of many CIOs," IDC analyst Petr Jirovsky said.
The vendor breakdown for 1Q12:
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