10 of the Most Powerful Enterprise Networking Companies in 2020

Cisco maintains a strong lead in nearly every networking hardware category, with a 51% market share in Ethernet switch revenue and a 37% share in enterprise router revenue. They also rank high in the WLAN market and in SD-WAN equipment.

When the pandemic caused workers to go remote, Cisco was ready to go. In addition to having its own VPN software, Cisco is the only networking giant to host its own video conferencing platform, WebEx.

Some are worried that Cisco might be losing ground with the decline of the switching and routing market. But they’ve begun a transition to software, subscriptions, and security that could lead them into a bright future.