ISG Provider Lens™ report sees Nordic
companies looking to SDN providers to help them respond to changing
customer expectations
Enterprises in the Nordics are expanding their adoption of
software-defined networking technology to become more agile and
flexible while enabling employees to more easily work from home,
according to a new report published today by Information Services
Group (ISG) (Nasdaq: III), a leading global technology research and
advisory firm.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Network – Software Defined
Solutions and Services Report for the Nordics finds enterprises in
the region looking to SDN-related technologies and service
providers to help them with challenges related to the flexibility,
speed and collaboration they need to better serve their employees
and their increasingly mobile customers.
“Nordic enterprises are looking to SDN and its service providers
to increase their network agility, flexibility and competitiveness
while enabling remote working and better business continuity,” said
Jan Erik Aase, partner and global leader, ISG Provider Lens
Research. “This new need for enterprise agility goes beyond the
abilities of traditional networks in a constantly changing
competitive environment.”
The report also sees enterprises in the region embracing SD-WAN
to enable remote working. While WAN architecture at enterprises has
created backhaul challenges, that architecture is evolving to
support more connectivity choices. Vendors are enabling enterprises
to use a variety of transport options actively or on standby.
In addition, Nordic enterprises are moving toward more
automation and analytics. Enterprises are increasingly embracing
the concept of the network as code, where changes in the network
infrastructure can be handled through code changes. Service
providers are leveraging automation tools and allowing visibility
into the cloud, the data center, and the WAN. Nordic enterprises
see SD-WAN as a way to drive automation, reduce reliance on network
hardware and consolidate network functionality.
Nordic enterprises are also seeking end-to-end connectivity to
analyze data at the edge, including data generated by Internet of
Things (IoT) devices, the report says. Service providers and system
integrators are exploring ways to bring new capabilities to Wi-Fi
6, long-term evolution (LTE) and fifth-generation (5G) networks.
They are also looking to assist customers with large public 5G
rollouts, with some spectrum potentially allocated for
enterprises.
New SDN-related technologies will pave the way for the
industrial IoT to scale up and for edge computing to grow further,
the report adds. However, a more inclusive network ecosystem is
needed for the cloud, which is evolving into a holistic web of
network technologies that include components of SDN such as WAN,
LAN and Wi-Fi 6 management.
The report also sees changes in network practices driven in part
by the move in the Nordics to the cloud and to the
software-as-a-service model. Enterprises there have been seeing
more internet-based traffic, which has led them to consider new
ways to look at connectivity. Enterprises are moving away from a
conventional hub-and-spoke networking model and considering instead
an any-to-any connectivity model that supports more cloud-oriented
traffic patterns.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Network – Software Defined
Solutions and Services Report for the Nordics evaluates the
capabilities of 55 providers across six quadrants: Managed (SD) WAN
Services, SDN Transformation Services (Consulting and
Implementation), SD-WAN Equipment and Service Suppliers (DIY),
Technology and Service Suppliers (Core – 4G/5G), Edge Technology
and Services, and Enterprise 5G Solutions.
The report names Orange Business Services as a leader in five
quadrants and BT, Cisco, Deutsche Telekom, HCL, IBM, Tech Mahindra
and Wipro as leaders in four. Ericsson, HPE Aruba and Nuage
Networks are named leaders in three quadrants, and Infosys, TCS,
Telenor, Telia, Verizon and VMware are named leaders in two.
Citrix, Juniper Networks, Nokia Networks and Versa Networks are
named leaders in one quadrant.
In addition, Tech Mahindra, Verizon and Wipro were named Rising
Stars—companies with “promising portfolios” and “high future
potential” by ISG’s definition—in two quadrants. GTT and Infosys
were named Rising Stars in one quadrant each.
The 2021 ISG Provider Lens™ Network – Software Defined
Solutions and Services Report for the Nordics is available to
subscribers or for one-time purchase on this webpage.
About ISG Provider Lens™ Research
The ISG Provider Lens™ Quadrant research series is the only
service provider evaluation of its kind to combine empirical,
data-driven research and market analysis with the real-world
experience and observations of ISG's global advisory team.
Enterprises will find a wealth of detailed data and market analysis
to help guide their selection of appropriate sourcing partners,
while ISG advisors use the reports to validate their own market
knowledge and make recommendations to ISG's enterprise clients. The
research currently covers providers offering their services
globally, across Europe, as well as in the U.S., Germany,
Switzerland, the U.K., France, the Nordics, Brazil and
Australia/New Zealand, with additional markets to be added in the
future. For more information about ISG Provider Lens research,
please visit this webpage.
A companion research series, the ISG Provider Lens Archetype
reports, offer a first-of-its-kind evaluation of providers from the
perspective of specific buyer types.
About ISG
ISG (Information Services Group) (Nasdaq: III) is a leading
global technology research and advisory firm. A trusted business
partner to more than 700 clients, including more than 75 of the
world’s top 100 enterprises, ISG is committed to helping
corporations, public sector organizations, and service and
technology providers achieve operational excellence and faster
growth. The firm specializes in digital transformation services,
including automation, cloud and data analytics; sourcing advisory;
managed governance and risk services; network carrier services;
strategy and operations design; change management; market
intelligence and technology research and analysis. Founded in 2006,
and based in Stamford, Conn., ISG employs more than 1,300
digital-ready professionals operating in more than 20 countries—a
global team known for its innovative thinking, market influence,
deep industry and technology expertise, and world-class research
and analytical capabilities based on the industry’s most
comprehensive marketplace data. For more information, visit
www.isg-one.com.
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