Gartner: 5 ways to deal with network equipment shortages

How bad is the chip supply shortage? Gartner reports that clients are complaining about lead times as long as 400 days to get networking equipment, plus pricing increases and missed ship dates. “We expect lead times to remain high through early 2023, at which point we expect slow incremental improvement over the course of months,” Gartner wrote in a report titled, “What Are My Options for Dealing With Long Lead Times on Network Equipment?”