Published: 19 September 2022
Infrastructure and operations leaders responsible for networking are implementing software-defined WAN solutions to connect branches to applications and other enterprise locations. Vendors’ capabilities vary, so use this research to identify the products that best fit common enterprise use cases.
Software-defined, wide-area network vendors are aggressively adding security service edge capabilities to position theirofferings as single-vendor secure access service edge offerings.
Most enterprises are trying to solve three main challenges in this market: connecting branch sites to other enterprise locations, connecting to the cloud and securing the enterprise network when deploying distributed internet access. Consequently, cloud teams and security teams are increasingly participating in SD-WAN procurements.
SD-WAN vendors are developing artificial intelligence networking capabilities (to improve Day 2 operations) that will be increasingly relevant to buying decisions during the next 12 to 18 months.
The use cases with the widest spread
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