Top Trending 2022
The WAN edge infrastructure choices made by infrastructure and operations leaders in charge of networking are influenced by digital transformation, remote work, and cloud adoption. To connect company sites and applications, they ought to choose SD-WAN solutions and SASE deployments.
Strategic Planning Assumptions
> Compared to 2021, when just 40% of software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) clients had adopted a secure access service edge (SASE) architecture, that number will rise to over 70% by 2024.
> In comparison to less than 5% in 2021, 40% of organisations with SD-WAN deployments will leverage AI functions to automate Day 2 operations by 2025.
> By 2025, compared to 15% in 2021, 40% of company locations would only have internet WAN access in order to give flexible, cost-effective scalable capacity.
Definition/Description of the Market
The wide-area network (WAN) edge infrastructure market, consists of goods and related services that offer network connectivity over WANs. This allows remote employees and scattered corporate locations (headquarters, hubs, branches, and remote workers) to access resources in private data centres as well as infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and software as a service (SaaS). The most well-known goods connected with this sector are routers and SD-WAN equipment (both physical and virtual).
The old branch routers (commonly referred to as "customer edge routers" in an MPLS implementation) used to connect branch locations to the data centre are still being phased out in favour of SD-WAN, which has a more decentralised design and supports cloud applications. Edge routers are frequently being replaced with SD-WAN, which also adds native security, centralised orchestration, application-aware path selection across multiple networks, and other services for improving application performance (such as WAN optimization). As a result, it contains established and up-and-coming suppliers from related industries (such as routing, security, WAN optimization, and SD-WAN), each with unique strengths and weaknesses. As part of SASE, which integrates SD-WAN and cloud security into an integrated, orchestrated architecture, it also incorporates zero trust network access (ZTNA) functionality for remote workers in place of conventional virtual private network (VPN) solutions.
On-premises or off-premises WAN edge infrastructure capability can be provided by hardware or software equipment. It is typically obtained via network service providers (NSPs), managed network service (MNS) providers, and network equipment providers (and their channels). Senior networking leaders and senior security leaders in the infrastructure and operations (I&O) group are often those who make the purchase.
The following are typical features of SD-WAN solutions:
> Core Functions
> Approved software
> Routing (e.g., Border Gateway Protocol [BGP])
> Path Choice (e.g., Layer 7 traffic steering)
> VPN
> Basic firewall
> Formal elements:
> Software and/ or physical
> Clients working remotely, branches, headends, and clouds
> (On-premises or in the cloud) Orchestrator:
> Configuration (zero touch configuration)
> Management
> Visibility
> Reporting
> API adherence
An Optional Functionality
> Advanced protection (e.g., network firewalls, secure web gateways [SWGs], cloud access security brokers [CASB] and data loss prevention [DLP])
> Ability to chain services
> Cloud gateways for streamlined cloud connectivity and service insertion
> Performance capabilities for applications (e.g., WAN optimization and SaaS optimization)
> SD-Branch is created by the integration and orchestration of WLAN, LAN, security, and SD-WAN.
Top Trending Vendors
Barracuda
CloudGen Firewall, which incorporates hardware and software appliances as well as related orchestration and management, is its flagship WAN edge product. Additionally, it has the CloudGen WAN, a cloud-native service that is now running on Microsoft Azure. California-based Barracuda has more than 12,000 WAN edge clients. In order to primarily serve midmarket clients, the vendor primarily operates in North America and in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). We anticipate the vendor to keep making investments in this sector, particularly in unified content security, cloud-based WAN edge solutions, and usage-based licencing schemes.
Cisco
Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela and Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki are two of its branded products. Hardware and software appliances, as well as related orchestration and management, are all included in both. By way of the Cisco Umbrella Security Internet Gateway (SIG) platform, Cisco also offers supplemental security as an optional feature. With over 40,000 WAN edge customers, Cisco is a California-based company in the United States. The provider serves clients of all sizes and across all industry sectors. In order to enable a single-vendor SASE offering, we anticipate the vendor will continue to invest in this market, particularly in areas such as enhanced self-healing capabilities, new consumption-based pricing models, and integrated security.
Citrix
Its flagship product is Citrix SD-WAN, which combines physical, virtual, and Cloud Direct service management tools. Citrix, which has its headquarters in Florida, has more than 1,700 WAN edge clients. As part of its comprehensive SASE offering, it also offers Secure Internet Access (SIA) and Secure Workspace Access (SWA). The vendor serves clients of all sizes and across all industry verticals and conducts business globally. We anticipate the vendor to make investments in self-healing capabilities, client-based SD-WAN solutions for remote workers, and fresh pooled bandwidth licencing methods.
Cradlepoint
Its product is the Cradlepoint NetCloud service with NetCloud Manager, which is compatible with its E, R, W, AER, and IBR Series of hardware routers and adapters with NetCloud Perimeter and Cloud Virtual Router (CVR). Cradlepoint, which is situated in Idaho, United States, and was acquired by Ericsson in November 2020, has about 9,000 WAN edge clients. Its operations in this sector are mostly concentrated in North America, but they are also growing internationally, with an emphasis on wireless WAN use cases in particular verticals, such government, retail, and public safety. We anticipate Cradlepoint to increase its reporting and analytics capabilities as well as make additional investments in 5G.
FatPipe Networks
FatPipe MPVPN, which contains physical and virtual equipment managed by the FatPipe Symphony orchestrator, is its SD-WAN product. It can be hosted in the cloud or on-site. FatPipe has more than 2,000 WAN edge clients and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. Although the vendor's primary market is the United States, the Asia/Pacific (APAC) area is where its customer base is expanding. It primarily targets small businesses that require an SD-WAN solution with an emphasis on improving application performance. To better serve its clients and partners in the US and the APAC region, we anticipate the vendor to expand expenditures in SASE and GTM.
Fortinet
Its solution, the FortiGate Secure SD-WAN, incorporates physical, virtual, and cloud-based services that are all controlled by the FortiManager orchestrator. Fortinet, which has its headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, has more than 34,000 WAN edge clients and more than 10,000 SD-WAN clients. FortiOS v.7.0 creates a viable SASE offering by integrating ZTNA with its extensive WAN and network security functions. It serves customers from a variety of industries and market sizes and has a strong global presence. We anticipate that the vendor will continue to make investments in SASE, AIOps, and 5G capabilities.
HPE (Aruba and Silver Peak)
Under the brand name Secure Edge Portfolio, there are two products available in this market. Its centrepiece is the Aruba EdgeConnect SD-WAN Edge Platform from the Silver Peak acquisition, along with the optional Aruba Boost WAN optimization software and Aruba Orchestrator centralised administration software. Along with AIOps, LAN, WLAN, WAN, and security, the Aruba SD-Branch delivers a single architecture. HPE has more than 3,000 WAN edge clients and is based in San Jose, California, in the United States. The vendor serves clients of all sizes and industry sectors and has a global presence. We anticipate the vendor to keep making investments in 5G/4G, AIOps, and work from anywhere (WFA).
Huawei
The iMaster NCE Orchestrator, HiSecEngine USG series gateways, and NetEngine AR series routers are part of its flagship offering. The Shenzhen, China-based company Huawei is thought to have more than 20,000 WAN edge clients. The provider works with clients across all industries and customer sizes. It does, however, concentrate on China and a few other APAC, EMEA, and Latin American nations. We anticipate the vendor to keep funding SRv6, AIOps, SASE, and 5G/4G capability.
Cisco Networks
Its product is the Juniper AI-driven SD-WAN with Marvis Virtual Network Assistant, Session Smart Routers, Session Smart Conductor, and Mist WAN Assurance. Juniper purchased 128 Technology, which is now the company's primary product, in December 2020. Juniper provides cloud-based Advanced Threat Protection as well as SRX firewall equipment for advanced security. Juniper, a U.S. company based in California, has more than 18,000 WAN edge clients. It targets clients in the majority of verticals and primarily operates in the North American, EMEA, and APAC areas. We anticipate Juniper to keep making investments in its AI-based predictive and self-healing capabilities as well as expanding its SASE offering.
Nuage Networks
It provides Network Services Gateways (NSG) controlled by the Nuage Networks Virtualized Services Platform (VSP) controller as part of its Virtualized Network Services (VNS) product line. A division of publicly listed Nokia, which has its headquarters in Espoo, Finland, Nuage is situated in California, the U.S. More than 2,500 commercial WAN edge customers. It serves clients of all sizes and across all industries through carrier channels, where it conducts business globally. Future developments in software-defined cloud interconnect capabilities and an expansion of Nuage's branch platform form factors are anticipated.
Palo Alto Networks
Prisma SD-WAN, which combines Instant-On Network (ION) edge equipment and orchestration, is their flagship product. It can be combined with Prisma Access to provide a SASE solution from a single vendor. Additionally, it offers a branch firewall that may be used for specialised use cases and has limited SD-WAN capabilities. California-based Palo Alto Networks has more than 2,000 WAN edge clients. With a channel-focused selling strategy, it targets businesses of all sizes and industries on a global scale. We anticipate Palo Alto Networks to maintain its investment in multicloud, AIOps, integrated SASE, and autonomous digital experience monitoring (DEM).
Peplink
In this area, it has two product families: MAX for industry and mobile SD-WAN and Balance for corporate branch SD-WAN. Both have branch appliances that use InControl 2 orchestration and SpeedFusion technology. Peplink, which has its headquarters in Hong Kong, has more than 14,000 WAN edge clients. It specialises in wireless WAN use cases and works internationally, serving more than 70 nations. We anticipate Peplink to keep making investments in advancements in 5G/4G, user experience, and next-generation security.
Riverbed
Requests for additional information or to study the contents of this document's draught were not met by Riverbed. Analysis is therefore reliant on other reliable sources, such as client feedback, previously shared vendor information, analyses of public comments, its website, and other publicly available data sources.
The main product from Riverbed is SteelConnect EX (with integrated Versa VOS, which is based on a partnership with Versa Networks). It contains the orchestrator and hardware for edge appliances. The SteelConnect CX product from Riverbed is also targeted towards smaller clients. Riverbed has more than 3,000 SD-WAN clients and is based in California, United States. It addresses networks of all sizes and industry verticals and operates globally. We anticipate Riverbed to continue concentrating on its Versa collaboration while also investing in visibility, analytics, and AI/ML.
Versa Networks
The leader in this WAN Edge Infrastructure Segment is Versa Networks. It has two options, the full-featured Versa Operating System being the main one (VOS). Along with the Versa Director and Versa Analytics controlled by the Concerto orchestration platform, it can be provided on the Versa branch Cloud Services Gateways (CSG) or third-party hardware. The second option is VOS with Titan, a cloud-based solution that is less complex and has less native functionality. Versa is a California-based company with over 12,000 WAN edge clients. It works with clients of all sizes and industry sectors on a global scale, primarily through service suppliers. Future investments by Versa are anticipated in SASE, 5G, SD-Branch, and AI/ML.
VMware
Within this WAN Edge Infrastructure Segment, VMware is a Leader. Its product, which is a part of VMware SASE, is known as VMware SD-WAN. The offering consists of gateways, which are VMware points of presence (POPs) delivering a range of services, edge appliances (hardware and software), an orchestrator, and its Edge Network Intelligence. Through VMware Cloud Web Security and VMware Secure Access, extra optional security is provided. Its headquarters are in California, and it serves more than 14,000 SD-WAN users. The provider serves clients of all sizes and across all industry sectors. Anticipates that the vendor will keep making efforts in this area, including expanding its SASE offering and improving alternatives for remote workers.
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