Top Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Companies

The software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) market is estimated to grow from USD 7.91 billion in 2025 to USD 21.67 billion by 2030, at a CAGR of 22.3%, during the forecast period. The market is evolving rapidly as organizations, particularly large enterprises and service providers, prioritize network transformation to support hybrid work models, cloud-centric operations, and performance-intensive applications. Businesses are replacing rigid MPLS-based architectures with agile SD-WAN solutions that include software and appliances to achieve centralized management, dynamic traffic routing, and cost optimization.

Bank Rakyat Indonesia migrated over 1,200 branch offices to an SD-WAN solution provided by VMware, enabling improved application performance and reducing WAN-related costs by nearly 35 percent. The demand for managed services is accelerating in retail, e-commerce, healthcare, and life sciences. For example, German pharmacy chain DocMorris adopted Orange Business’s SD-WAN managed services to support real-time inventory synchronization across its expanding digital supply chain, without building an internal network team.

Organizations prefer bundled offerings where professional services such as consulting, implementation, training, and support are integrated into the SD-WAN deployment cycle to minimize complexity and ensure faster time to value.

Tennessee’s Duck River Electric Membership Corporation worked with Aruba to implement SD-WAN appliances across field sites and substations, combining them with training and consulting to improve monitoring of IoT-connected grid assets.

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Top Software-defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) Companies Include

• Cisco (US)
• HPE (US)
• Nokia (Finland)
• Broadcom (US)
• Fortinet (US)

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs deployed Cisco SD-WAN to securely connect over 1,000 clinics while maintaining HIPAA and FISMA compliance standards. As network, cloud, and security converge, enterprises increasingly expect SD-WAN services to deliver connectivity, agility, visibility, and control across a distributed IT environment.
These players have incorporated various organic and inorganic growth strategies, including collaborations, acquisitions, product launches, partnerships, agreements, and expansions to strengthen their international footprint and capture a greater share of the SD-WAN market. These organic and inorganic strategies have allowed the market players to expand across geographies by offering SD-WAN solutions and services.

Cisco

In fiscal 2024, Cisco sharpened its SD-WAN focus as part of its broader Secure Hybrid Work strategy, tying in SD-WAN with its push into secure access service edge and full-stack observability. Its SD-WAN solution, built around the Catalyst 8000 appliances and Viptela software, sits within its Secure Agile Networks segment. This solution includes software and appliances and is bundled with managed and professional services such as consulting, implementation, training, and support.

Cisco has seen strong enterprise adoption across verticals. For instance, global pharmaceutical company Bayer deployed Cisco SD-WAN across over 700 sites worldwide to improve network agility, security, and application performance. Similarly, Japanese retailer UNIQLO implemented Cisco SD-WAN across its retail locations to gain real-time visibility into application usage and enforce centralized policies across geographies. These deployments demonstrate Cisco’s emphasis on delivering connectivity and deep integration with cloud and security ecosystems. Additionally, with Cloud OnRamp, Cisco offers built-in integrations with leading IaaS platforms, enabling enterprises to extend secure access seamlessly into AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.

HPE

HPE’s SD-WAN portfolio, driven by its acquisition of Silver Peak, is a cornerstone of the Intelligent Edge business unit. In 2024, HPE aligned SD-WAN with its edge-to-cloud strategy, emphasizing automation, AI-based traffic optimization, and tight security integration. The company offers SD-WAN software and appliances under the Aruba EdgeConnect platform, supported by managed and professional services including consulting, implementation, and training and support.

Enterprises across sectors are using HPE’s SD-WAN offerings to enable secure, high-performance access at the edge. For example, global logistics provider DB Schenker adopted Aruba EdgeConnect to reduce WAN costs while ensuring consistent application performance across distributed locations. In the manufacturing sector, automotive parts supplier Bosch deployed HPE SD-WAN to connect plants and logistics hubs, improving real-time collaboration between production systems and central IT. HPE is also targeting government and public sector organizations, positioning its SD-WAN solution as an enabler for secure remote operations and resilient infrastructure modernization.

Nokia

Nokia delivers advanced SD-WAN solutions through its Nuage Networks brand, offering cloud-native, policy-driven networking for enterprises and service providers. Its SD-WAN portfolio supports seamless hybrid WAN connectivity, application-aware routing, and secure multi-cloud access, helping customers accelerate digital transformation with carrier-grade performance, scalability, and automation.

Broadcom

Broadcom plays a vital role in the SD-WAN market primarily through its networking chipsets and software solutions, enabling high-performance, secure, and scalable SD-WAN infrastructure. Its acquisition of Symantec’s enterprise security business also enhances its ability to integrate secure access and threat protection within SD-WAN environments, supporting OEMs and enterprise deployments worldwide.

Fortinet

Fortinet is a prominent SD-WAN vendor offering integrated networking and security through its FortiGate Secure SD-WAN solution. Known for its tightly coupled firewall and SD-WAN capabilities, Fortinet enables secure, high-performance connectivity across branch offices, data centers, and cloud services, all managed via a unified platform. It is widely adopted by enterprises seeking robust performance with advanced threat protection.

Market Ranking

The SD-WAN market is highly competitive, with five main players collectively holding 25–30% of the total market. Cisco embedded ThousandEyes across its SD-WAN fabric to provide application-level telemetry, which has proven crucial for financial services and education sectors relying on digital experience monitoring. HPE is integrating GreenLake into its SD-WAN strategy, enabling enterprises to consume WAN infrastructure as a service, an approach that is gaining traction in manufacturing and retail, where cash flow and scalability are critical.

Broadcom, after acquiring VMware, is aligning VeloCloud with its chip-level innovation to create vertically optimized SD-WAN stacks for data center heavy energy and healthcare industries. Fortinet is leveraging its security-first DNA to expand SD-WAN into ruggedized environments and industrial OT use cases, where firewall-grade protection and deterministic routing are essential, for example, in utilities and smart city deployments. Nokia is aligning its SD-WAN capabilities with its Network as Code strategy, allowing service providers to expose WAN programmability to enterprise developers through APIs, particularly relevant for telecom-led B2B services. These players are not just selling products but shaping control, consumption, and customization models that directly reflect evolving enterprise and service provider priorities.

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