Sameh Boujelbene

Sameh Boujelbene

Vice President

Sameh Boujelbene joined Dell’Oro Group in 2011 and is responsible for the Ethernet Data Center Switch market research. To ensure the Data Center Switch market research captured the impact from AI and ML workloads, she authored an Advanced Research Report “AI Networks for AI Workloads”, expanding Data Center Switch coverage to include InfiniBand, and the emerging hyper-growth demand for Ethernet Switches deployed in back-end networks. Of notable mention, since 2020, her forecasts of the Data Center Switch front-end market have been remarkably accurate, within one-to-two percent of actual results. While at the firm, Ms. Boujelbene built out coverage on the Ethernet Controllers and Adapters market, the Server market, and the enterprise Campus Ethernet Switch market.

Ms. Boujelbene frequently performs speaking engagements at industry events such as COBO (Consortium for On-Board Optics), Ethernet Alliance, N-BASE-T Alliance, the Ethernet Technology Summit, OCP Global Summit, OFC, Open Server Summit, and Storage Networking Industry Alliance. Ms. Boujelbene has appeared as an invited speaker at investor conferences of world premier banks.

Ms. Boujelbene has been quoted in trade and industry publications, including Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Reuters, Investor.com, EE Times, Fierce Network, Lightwave Online, Network Computing,  RCR Wireless, Tech Target, The Register, and SDxCentral.

Prior to joining Dell’Oro Group, Ms. Boujelbene was a Solution Sales Manager with Nokia Siemens Networks in Tunisia. During her tenure at Nokia Siemens Networks, Ms. Boujelbene focused on broadband access & IP connectivity solutions for mobile and fixed operators. Ms. Boujelbene was also engaged by Tunisie Telecom.

Ms. Boujelbene holds an M.B.A. from San Jose State University and a Master’s Degree in Telecommunication from Higher Engineering School of Communication in Tunisia, named SUP’COM. SUP’COM is an elite academic institution associated with France’s Conférence des Grandes Écoles, and consistently ranks among the top two engineering schools in Tunisia. Ms. Boujelbene graduated with the highest honors from both universities.

Insights by Sameh Boujelbene

Data Center Infrastructure
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Backbone of a beast – charting Nvidia’s rise to networking titan
Sameh Boujelbene
Data Center Infrastructure
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OCP 2026: Optics Takes Center Stage in Enabling the Next Wave of AI Networking and High-Speed Switching
Dell’Oro’s Sameh Boujelbene highlights six key OCP 2026 developments, from co-packaged optics and 1.6T connectivity to Ethernet scale-up and hyperscaler-driven AI networking innovation.
Sameh Boujelbene
Data Center Infrastructure
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Celestica Introduces the DS6005 Data Center Switch with Co-Packaged Optics to Enable Power-Efficient AI Fabrics
Sameh Boujelbene
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Full Biography

Sameh Boujelbene joined Dell’Oro Group in 2011 and is responsible for the Ethernet Data Center Switch market research. To ensure the Data Center Switch market research captured the impact from AI and ML workloads, she authored an Advanced Research Report “AI Networks for AI Workloads”, expanding Data Center Switch coverage to include InfiniBand, and the emerging hyper-growth demand for Ethernet Switches deployed in back-end networks. Of notable mention, since 2020, her forecasts of the Data Center Switch front-end market have been remarkably accurate, within one-to-two percent of actual results. While at the firm, Ms. Boujelbene built out coverage on the Ethernet Controllers and Adapters market, the Server market, and the enterprise Campus Ethernet Switch market.

Ms. Boujelbene frequently performs speaking engagements at industry events such as COBO (Consortium for On-Board Optics), Ethernet Alliance, N-BASE-T Alliance, the Ethernet Technology Summit, OCP Global Summit, OFC, Open Server Summit, and Storage Networking Industry Alliance. Ms. Boujelbene has appeared as an invited speaker at investor conferences of world premier banks.

Ms. Boujelbene has been quoted in trade and industry publications, including Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Reuters, Investor.com, EE Times, Fierce Network, Lightwave Online, Network Computing,  RCR Wireless, Tech Target, The Register, and SDxCentral.

Prior to joining Dell’Oro Group, Ms. Boujelbene was a Solution Sales Manager with Nokia Siemens Networks in Tunisia. During her tenure at Nokia Siemens Networks, Ms. Boujelbene focused on broadband access & IP connectivity solutions for mobile and fixed operators. Ms. Boujelbene was also engaged by Tunisie Telecom.

Ms. Boujelbene holds an M.B.A. from San Jose State University and a Master’s Degree in Telecommunication from Higher Engineering School of Communication in Tunisia, named SUP’COM. SUP’COM is an elite academic institution associated with France’s Conférence des Grandes Écoles, and consistently ranks among the top two engineering schools in Tunisia. Ms. Boujelbene graduated with the highest honors from both universities.