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In May and June 2023, Frost & Sullivan conducted a global survey of network decision makers to understand businesses perceptions and purchase decisions regarding SD-WAN and SASE. This report examines responses from APAC businesses of various sizes in verticals including financial services, healthcare, retail, education, government, technology, and...

Across industries, organizations find themselves in need of transforming their legacy networking and security infrastructure to better support both a hybrid workforce and increased use of cloud-based services. Added to this need is the challenge of achieving optimal operational efficiency due to the discrete networking and security tools in their I...

The software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN)/secure access service edge (SASE) industry remains fragmented, with close to 25 vendors in competition globally. However, not all vendors provide complete SD-WAN solutions. The eight companies mapped on this Frost Radar HPE Aruba Networks, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Fortinet, Nuage Networks, Palo...

This study examines a new F2B market segment that has sprung from a swiftly-emerging, e-manufacturing paradigm. Termed the 'missing link' within B2B communities, F2B technologies now illuminate enterprise networkability 'from the factory floor to the executive's door'. In the rush to correct flawed supply chains and achieve competitive agility, ...

Industrial production lines are undergoing transformation to adapt to the competitive market. As factory of the future becomes real, inter-connected devices autonomously enable flow of data, allowing automated analysis. Automation requires machines that are highly technologically advanced to derive reliable results. With manufacturing shop floors ...

The convergence of networking and security has become a business necessity. Organizations rapidly adopt cloud-first strategies, hybrid work models, and multicloud environments, making traditional perimeter-based security architectures obsolete. Secure access service edge (SASE) integrates networking and security into a unified, cloud-delivered fram...

The Digital Thread is not a single technology but an entire ecosystem that links various enabling technologies to ensure smooth, continuous data flow. It integrates diverse tools and systems to maintain an uninterrupted stream of information across the manufacturing lifecycle. Industrial IoT sensors gather real-time data from machines, while cloud ...

28 Aug 2025  |  Global  |  Customer Research

Voice of Customer: SD-WAN and SASE, Global, 2025

IT Decision-Makers’ Insights and Preferences

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This global survey, conducted annually by Frost & Sullivan’s ICT practice, captures customer insights and preferences regarding network technologies and related services. The 2025 edition spans 19 countries across North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia, with 16% of respondents from the United States. To ensure data relevance, participants c...

Network firewalls are one of the oldest solution categories in the cybersecurity market. Much like firewalls that isolate parts of a building to prevent the spread of fire, network firewalls emerged to separate organizations' private networks from the public internet. Early firewalls enabled organizations to inspect incoming and outgoing traffic. O...