SD-WAN Market Report

South Africa SD-WAN Market Report 2024

Market Focus

The purpose of this SD-WAN Market Report 2024 is to provide updated and detailed research on the rapidly advancing trend towards SD-WAN architecture, and its impact on the South African VPN market as a whole. The report includes market sizing and a five-year forecast.

Key questions answered

  • How is SD-WAN defined, including both broad and narrow definitions.
  • What are the key local trends, within the context of major global trends.
  • What is the size of the SD-WAN market, segmented by solution type and sub-component?
  • How are the leading competitors in the market positioned and what is their share of the overall market?

Methodology

The research methods used by BMIT for this report include both primary and secondary research, with further analysis and forecasting.

Primary research

The report includes quantitative and qualitative analysis based on in-depth analyst interviews with leading Managed Services players in the VPN market in South Africa, with a particular focus on those most active in the SD-WAN space.

Market modelling

Two primary methods are used for the market sizing model following, viz.:

  1. Bottom-up model
  • This aspect of the model considers the universe of customer organisations and sites, and the penetration of these sites by SD-WAN solutions.
  • A ‘follow the customer’ trend is noted in this regard, in that South African service providers follow their multi-site customers into the other African countries in which they have a presence, particularly in the retail vertical.
  1. Top-down model
  • This side of the model looks at market share and total market estimates, employing a ratio analysis, which in turn is primarily informed by interviews with SD-WAN providers that were conducted as part of this study. This analysis is then combined with the bottom-up (addressable market and SD-WAN penetration) model.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Market Overview

  • Market Trends Overview
  • Market Size Overview

International Trends

  • International Trends Overview
  • Enterprises typically need to connect multiple end points
  • Key enterprise application connectivity performance needs to be managed
  • Demands on security solutions are increasing
  • Roles of market players are shifting

Technology Trends

  • Technology Trends Overview
  • Key customer requirements have emerged
  • A few key drivers of SD-WAN uptake are emerging
  • The shift to SD-WAN is part of a broader set of inter-related network trends
  • Growing trends related to security support SD-WAN requirements
  • SD-WAN features and definitions
  • A growing number of options have evolved for enterprises

Local Market Trends and Roundup of Industry Players

  • Local Trends Overview
  • Overview of Local Industry Players
  • Opportunity / Threat matrix by Verticals

International Market Drivers and Forecasts

  • Global Market Drivers

SA Market Sizing and Forecast

  • Market Model Methodology
  • Market Model Taxonomy
  • Market Overview: MPLS vs SD-WAN VPN Market
  • SD-WAN Market Shares by OEM
  • SD-WAN Market Shares by Managed Service Provider
  • Forecast Assumptions
  • South Africa MPLS vs SD-WAN Site Count Forecast
  • South Africa MPLS vs SD-WAN Revenue Forecast
  • South Africa SD-WAN Revenue Forecast
  • South Africa SD-WAN Market Segmented ARPUs

Competitors Profile – Local Players

Deliverables and format

  • Rich narrative PowerPoint report
  • Excel workbook
  • Online presentation

For further information and details on how to procure a copy of this SD-WAN Market Report 2024 please contact Anita Mathews on 011 540 8000 | 082 466 2317 | anita@bmit.africa

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