16 Jun 2024 U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD
Cisco rises to #1 rank on the U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD; Challenge Tier added for SD-WAN Technology Suppliers
BOSTON, MA, JUNE 17, 2025 – Vertical Systems Group announces that five companies qualify for a rank on the 2024 U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD as follows (in rank order based on site share): Cisco, Broadcom, Fortinet, HPE Aruba Networking and Versa Networks. This benchmark quantifies U.S. market presence across the technology suppliers empowering Carrier Managed SD-WAN solutions.
Each of these Technology Suppliers has 5% or more of the total number of U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN customer sites installed and billable as of December 31, 2024. For this analysis a site is counted once per supplier, regardless of the amount of SD-WAN equipment installed at the customer location.
Based on SD-WAN market expansion, a Challenge Tier has been added for the first time to track Technology Suppliers with between one percent (1%) and five percent (5%) share of U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN sites. Challenge Tier citations for 2024 have been attained by three Technology Suppliers as follows (in alphabetical order): Ericsson Enterprise Wireless Solutions (Cradlepoint), Nuage Networks from Nokia and Palo Alto Networks.
“Companies ranked on the 2024 U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD are powering hundreds of thousands of Carrier Managed SD-WAN customer installations across the U.S. These top technology suppliers are delivering solutions that focus on innovative security features, advanced network optimization, application management and AI driven capabilities.”
SD-WAN Technology Research Highlights
- SD-WAN Technology companies supply solutions to the service providers ranked on Vertical Systems Group’s 2024 U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN LEADERBOARD, plus those cited in the Challenge and Market Player tiers.
- Solutions currently offered by the 2024 U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD suppliers are as follows: Cisco offers Meraki plus Catalyst SD-WAN (legacy Viptela), Broadcom offers VeloCloud SD-WAN, Fortinet offers Secure SD-WAN, HPE Aruba offers EdgeConnect SD-WAN (legacy Silver Peak), and the Versa Networks solution is Versa Secure SD-WAN.
- The top Managed SD-WAN providers are offering products from three or more Technology Suppliers to meet the extensive range of requirements and evolving needs of their customers.
- Ease of SSE and/or SASE integration with SD-WAN services is a major challenge for technology suppliers, service providers and customers.
- The uncertainty of Broadcom’s VeloCloud offering is compelling some Managed SD-WAN service providers to shift their customers to other solutions.
- MEF 3.0 SD-WAN Technology Certification has been attained by four of the five companies on the U.S. SD-WAN Technology LEADERBOARD as follows: Cisco (Catalyst 8300 & vManage/vSmart/vBond), Broadcom (VeloCloud Edge 610/510), Fortinet (Fortigate 100F) and Versa Networks (CSG750).
Market Players in this U.S. SD-WAN Technology segment include all other companies with site share below one percent (1%) of total U.S. Carrier Managed SD-WAN customer sites. For 2024, the Market Player tier includes the following companies (in alphabetical order): Adaptiv Networks, Arista, Aryaka, Barracuda, Extreme Networks, FatPipe, Forcepoint, Huawei, Juniper Networks, Lavelle Networks, Mushroom Networks, Netscaler, Oracle, Peplink, Riverbed, Sophos, Teldat, and others.
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