SD-WAN orchestration: five vendor case studies

This report explores how five different vendors are approaching SD-WAN. It outlines each vendor’s strategy for SD-WAN, their key communications service provider (CSP) customers and the level of flexibility offered.

Key questions answered in this report

• What are the key elements of SD-WAN managed services?
• Which approaches are vendors taking to delivering SD-WAN solutions? Are they offering managed services or ‘off-the-shelf’ modules to enable communications service providers (CSPs) to create their own bespoke SD-WAN solutions?
• What is the state of the orchestration and management layer of the SD-WAN portfolio of each of the vendors included in this report?

Vendors included as case studies

• Aruba Networks
• Aryaka Networks
• Fortinet
• Juniper Networks
• VMware