Dell’Oro Group has announced the launch of its new Distributed Cloud Networking Advanced Research Report (ARR) covering three converging markets: unified SASE for the user edge, WAN-as-a-Service (WANaaS) for the WAN middle mile, and multi-cloud networking for the cloud/application edge. Cumulative spend between 2023 and 2027 is projected to be US$58 billion.
The multi-cloud networking market is projected to rise to nearly US$5 billion in 2027, the report says, while the WANaaS market is anticipated to exceed US$11 billion, and the unified SASE market is forecast to rise to nearly US$3 billion.
“The traditional network box mentality just no longer works in today’s enterprise where the internet is an extension of the corporate LAN and public clouds are the new data centres,” said Mauricio Sanchez, senior director, Enterprise Security and Networking Research at Dell’Oro Group.
“Whether it’s multi-cloud networking across private and public clouds, instantaneously scalable WAN-as-a-service middle mile, or the work-from-anywhere workforce, we see the future squarely in advanced networking software and cloud-delivered network services, which we call Distributed Cloud Networking. Software is finally coming to take a big bite out of enterprise networking spend.”
