Frost Radar : SD-WAN and SASE Solutions, 2024

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 Alto Networks, Versa Networks, and VMware—offer well-rounded solutions. The most successful vendors are those that integrate SD-WAN functionality with security such as secure web gateway, cloud access security broker, firewall-as-a-service, and zero trust network access. Vendors also offer WAN optimization, local area network/wireless local area network management, and other virtualized network functions. Merger and acquisition activity in the space has been intense in the last five years as innovative start-ups are acquired to complement traditional vendor portfolios.

Frost & Sullivan analyzes numerous companies in an industry. Those selected for further analysis based on their leadership or other distinctions are benchmarked across 10 Growth and Innovation criteria to reveal their position on the Frost Radar™. The publication presents competitive profiles of each company on the Frost Radar™ considering their strengths and the opportunities that best fit those strengths.