USD
GBP 
CNY 
EUR 
INR 
JPY 
MYR 
ZAR 
KRW 
THB 
2018 SD-WAN End User Survey Results: Deployment Rates Double, Superior WAN Performance a Key Driver, and MPLS Usage Remains Strong
10-Aug-2018
North America
Strategic Forecasting
9B0F-00-5E-00-00
IT03720-NA-SF_22185
Frost & Sullivan’s 2016 survey provided insights into the SD-WAN market as it was navigating through the early adopter stage. In the last two years, enterprise decision makers have equipped themselves with a much better understanding of the benefits that SD-WAN brings to enterprise WANs. SD-WAN vendors and managed SD-WAN providers alike report witnessing a surge in sales and actual deployments. The Frost & Sullivan 2018 SD-WAN survey validates market trends, and captures insights into future adoption trends.
In this report, we provide a detailed analysis of the 2018 SD-WAN survey results that focus on enterprises’ current and planned adoption strategies for SD-WAN; perceived enterprise benefits of SD-WAN; and the criteria that network/IT decision-makers use while evaluating an SD-WAN vendor.
Introduction
About the Frost & Sullivan 2018 End-user Survey
SD-WAN Evolves from Early Adopter to Early Growth Stage
SD-WAN Deployment Trends by Vertical and Company Size
WAN Network Services Choice with SD-WAN
SD-WAN Market Drivers
SD-WAN Vendor Selection Criteria
SD-WAN Buying Preferences: Fully Managed SD-WAN on the Rise
Stratecast - The Last Word
About Stratecast
About Frost & Sullivan
Speak directly with our analytics experts for tailored recommendations.
Recent related Information Technology research
22 Oct 2026 | Global | Market Research
Governance for Agentic AI
Agentic AI now decides and acts inside live customer interactions, approving a refund, denying a claim, escalating a complaint, or promising a remedy the company must honor. The accountability and control architecture most enterprises rely on was built to review human work after the fact, and it can...
22 Oct 2026 | North America | Market Research
North American Mobile Services Tracker, Q2 2026
The continued penetration of high-speed broadband services into advanced mobile devices, developments in the cellular machine-to-machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) markets, and the resurgence of unlimited mobile plans are the top drivers of the North American mobile services market. This tra...
16 Oct 2026 | Global | Megatrends
Trend Opportunity Profiles: Banking and Financial Services
Banking and financial services are entering a new phase of transformation as AI evolves from a supporting tool into an autonomous enterprise capability. This outlook examines six interconnected opportunities: agentic AI for autonomous operations, real-time AI auditing, regulatory intelligence and co...
16 Oct 2026 | Global | Frost Radar
Frost Radar™: Satellite IoT, 2026
Direct-to-device (D2D) connectivity and 3GPP NTN standards are reshaping the satellite IoT market. Release 17 enabled satellite NB-IoT through standard cellular modules, SIMs, and devices. The shift to 5G New Radio NTN supports higher-throughput, delay-sensitive services, such as direct-to-smartphon...
15 Oct 2026 | Latin America | Frost Radar
Frost Radar™: Managed Cloud Service Providers in Latin America, 2026
Cloud has become an established component of enterprise technology strategy in Latin America, but adoption has not necessarily reduced complexity. Many organizations now operate fragmented environments: public cloud, private cloud, on-premises infrastructure, legacy applications, SaaS platforms, and...
Purchase includes:
- Report download
- Growth Dialog™ with our experts
Growth Dialog™
A tailored session with you where we identify the:- Strategic Imperatives
- Growth Opportunities
- Best Practices
- Companies to Action
Impacting your company's future growth potential.