“Pre-owned networking equipment market growing” (Part 1)
A survey of members of the United Network Equipment Dealer Association (UNEDA), a global network of approximately 350 dealers of pre-owned networking equipment, found that the business of selling pre-owned networking equipment is growing.
According to the survey, to which more than half of UNEDA's members responded to, 86 per cent of the dealers found that their businesses had grown in 2007. While some may believe the buyers of pre-owned equipment are mostly SMBs, the survey showed otherwise, said John Stafford, vice president and chair of the membership committee of UNEDA and COO of Network Liquidators.
Although nearly 90 per cent of survey respondents stated they sold pre-owned equipment to SMBs, almost 72 per cent said they sold equipment to large companies with multiple locations.
"All types of businesses are purchasing pre-owned equipment now," Stafford said.
Additionally, every dealer who responded to the survey said they sold pre-owned Cisco Systems networking equipment, but each also said they sold product from other vendors (including Extreme and Foundry, among others), as well, said Stafford, who has been working in the business for more than 12 years.
Taken From echannelline.com (Author Chris Talbot)
Original: http://www.echannelline.com/usa/story.cfm?item=22229
