European SD-WAN Survey Results, 2018 – SD-WAN Adoption on the Rise Among Large Healthcare & Retail Enterprises – ResearchAndMarkets.com
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The connected era and cloud-based environment have created a need to
redesign network operations. In addition, businesses find it
operationally draining to utilize resources on ensuring a connected
ecosystem rather than focusing on critical business issues.
Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) helps enterprises build an
agile and automated environment, which is streamlined to support new-age
cloud environments and traditional Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)
systems in a cost-efficient manner.
To understand enterprise perceptions and activities regarding SD-WAN, an
end-user survey was conducted in April 2018. The net result is a set of
data, and conclusions drawn from that data, which provides directional
insight regarding the SD-WAN market within Europe. A web-based survey
was administered to European-based IT decision-makers and returned
responses from 276 companies.
Research Highlights
SD-WAN adoption in Europe is growing as enterprises embrace the
transition from router-centric network architecture to an
application-centric architecture. There is a growing demand from
enterprises to have the ability to centrally manage all enterprise sites.
More than half of the survey respondents planned to deploy SD-WAN in the
next 12-24 months. While there are differences among verticals on the
reasons and strategies to deploy SD-WAN, the adoption trend is growing
strongly across verticals and enterprise size.
Enterprises believe that an SD-WAN deployment will enable them to
centrally manage all enterprise sites and move to an application-centric
architecture. There is a strong preference for fully-managed SD-WAN.
Almost 50% of enterprises surveyed indicated their interest in
fully-managed SD-WAN deployment models. Very large enterprises and small
enterprises preferred the DIY model owing to its offering the ability to
have full control over network and application routing and centrally
manage network policies.
An SD-WAN solution is expected to reduce businesses’ reliance on
MPLS-only WAN, and enable hybrid WAN deployments that make the best use
of public (Internet/wireless/satellite links that are more affordable
and widely available) and private links (MPLS/Ethernet links that are
private and reliable).
Key Issues Addressed
- What are the top technology and business drivers for SD-WAN adoption?
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What are the key SD-WAN adoption trends? How do they differ based on
verticals and the number of company sites? - What are the various perceived benefits of SD-WAN?
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What are the various router, security, and firewall strategies
preferred by enterprises when deploying SD-WAN? -
What are the criteria used by enterprises when selecting vendors to
buy SD-WAN?
Topics Covered
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- Key Findings
- About the Survey (N = 276)
- Business Drivers Influencing Digital Transformation
- Top Technology Trends
- Hybrid Cloud Services (Europe)
2. SD-WAN ADOPTION TRENDS (EUROPE)
- SD-WAN Adoption Trends in Europe
- SD-WAN Adoption in Europe by Verticals
- SD-WAN Adoption in Europe by Company Sites
- SD-WAN Sites Operational vs. Plan to Deploy (Europe)
- Network Services Choices with SD-WAN (Europe)
3. SD-WAN BENEFITS
- Perceived Benefits from SD-WAN by Users (Europe)
- Perceived Benefits from SD-WAN by Verticals (Europe)
4. ROUTER STRATEGY
- Businesses Router Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe)
- Businesses Router Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe) by Verticals
5. SECURITY STRATEGY
- Security Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe)
6. FIREWALL STRATEGY
- Businesses Firewall Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe)
7. WAN OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY
- Businesses WAN Opt Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe)
- Businesses WAN Opt Strategy with SD-WAN (Europe) by Verticals
8. SD-WAN VENDOR SELECTION
- Vendor Selection Criteria (Europe)
9. SD-WAN BUYING PREFERENCE
- SD-WAN Buying Preference (Europe)
- Why DIY SD-WAN (Europe)
- Why Managed SD-WAN (Europe)
- ROI Expectation from SD-WAN (Europe)
- ROI Expectation from SD-WAN (Europe) by Verticals
10. THE LAST WORD
11. APPENDIX
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