Frost Radar: Global SD-WAN Vendor Market, 2022

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The global SD-WAN vendor market is large and growing, with market revenue expected to exceed $3.61 billion in 2022 at year-over-year growth of 48.3%. The market is forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 25.8% from 2022 to 2027. Growth will be mainly driven by accelerated digital transformation, more complex network environments, and massive amounts of traffic generated from the cloud. This lucrative yet fragmented market attracts vendors offering SD-WAN functionality (routing, networking) in various form factors, including virtualized and physical, cloud-based, and uCPE. Increasingly, the most successful vendors are those that integrate SD-WAN functionality with security, WAN optimization, and other virtualized network functions.

In this Radar™ analysis, Frost & Sullivan assesses the top 8 global SD-WAN providers: Aruba (a HPE Company), Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Fortinet, Nuage Networks, Palo Alto Networks, Versa Networks, and VMware. These vendors are selected because each provides a well-rounded solution and demonstrate potential for future growth. The Radar™ study also analyzes the SD-WAN vendor market and provides forecasts for market revenue and customer sites.