Published: 04 January 2023
Vendors scored in this research provide functionality for basic connectivity needs. However, infrastructure and operations leaders also require capabilities for AI/ML-driven network assurance, automation, policy enforcement and Internet of Things containment, for which there is more differentiation.
The Gartner scores for the five defined use cases point to little differentiation between the top four vendors, indicating that their portfolios can address a wide variety of enterprise use cases, independent of company size and vertical market.
Hardware capabilities are increasingly commoditized, with declining differentiation among network providers.
Many organizations are connecting a growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices converging onto the corporate network, raising the importance of IoT device visibility and security.
Network management platforms and product roadmaps point to a growing emphasis on artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML)-driven analytics, aimed at baselining, monitoring and proactively resolving network
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