Growing beyond the WAN
Networks demand high automation with on-demand and programmable features to keep pace with the growth of modern, dynamic infrastructures. These are pivotal in discussions about digital infrastructure because they are the backbone of the ecosystem. The SD-WAN market is considered mature, with expectations of steady growth for many years before any decline.
SD-WAN leads the charge in the network transformation necessary for digital operations. It delivers the flexible, scalable, high-performance, and intelligent networks that enterprises need to manage their complex configurations, including cloud services, Software-as-a-Service, remote work, and their own sites and data centers.
Multi-cloud networking provides additional software services that enable enterprises to manage, optimize, and govern workloads across various cloud providers. With SD-WAN, users and applications are widely distributed, and it offers robust built-in observability and monitoring capabilities, further enhanced by service providers integrating more intelligence from their element managers.
This report has identified growth opportunities focused on three areas with untapped potential for network service providers - security threat intelligence, Monitoring-as-a-Service, and a concentrated effort on smart infrastructure.
Table of Contents
Strategic Imperatives
- Why is it Increasingly Difficult to Grow?
- The Strategic Imperative 8™
- The Impact of the Top 3 Strategic Imperatives on the Managed SD-WAN Industry
- Growth Opportunities Fuel the Growth Pipeline Engine™
Growth Opportunity Analysis
- Growth Environment
- Definitions
- Scope of Analysis
- Growth Metrics
- Growth Drivers
- Growth Driver Analysis
- Growth Restraints
- Restraint Analysis
- Forecast Considerations
- North American Managed SD-WAN Revenue Forecast
- North American Managed SD-WAN Site Forecast
- North American Managed SD-WAN Overlay Forecast
- North American Managed SD-WAN Underlay Forecast
Growth Opportunity Universe
- Growth Opportunity 1 - Security Threat Intelligence
- Growth Opportunity 2 - Monitoring-as-a-Service
- Growth Opportunity 3 - Double Down on Smart Infrastructure
List of Figures
- Managed SD-WAN: Growth Metrics, North America, 2023
- Managed SD-WAN: Growth Drivers, North America, 2024-2028
- Managed SD-WAN: Growth Restraints, North America, 2024-2028
- Managed SD-WAN: Revenue Forecast, North America, 2023-2028
- Managed SD-WAN: Managed Sites Forecast, North America, 2023-2028
- Managed SD-WAN: Managed Sites Overlay Forecast, North America, 2023-2028
- Managed SD-WAN: Managed Sites Underlay Forecast, North America, 2023-2028
