The Outcomes Are In: 2022 WAN Supervisor Survey

Practically three years out from the beginning of the pandemic, enterprise networking is beginning to stabilize.

Let’s have fun with some insights from our newest and best WAN Supervisor Survey.

Key Findings 

• MPLS utilization paused its decline, flattening after a number of years of lowering.
• DIA and MPLS utilization charges aren’t removed from converging—solely 3 share factors away from each other.
• Center and higher bandwidth ranges are hottest for DIA and broadband whereas MPLS remains to be the dominant product at port sizes 50 Mbps and smaller. 
• SD-WAN set up charges are decrease than anticipated, solely rising 4% since 2020, which is essentially attributable to longer rollout intervals.
• Whereas respondents regard many of the elements for adopting SD-WAN we listed as necessary, extra respondents are starting to contemplate safety a vital characteristic than in years previous. 
• Extra respondents are deciding on unmanaged and co-managed SD-WAN companies than in our final replace. This 12 months, unmanaged companies overtook co-managed plans by 3%.
• All 2022 respondents reported at the least one IaaS supplier and practically 80% had a couple of. Cloud adoption is clearly pretty ubiquitous at this level and multi-cloud is a powerful majority. 
• NaaS options are beginning to acquire curiosity from community managers, though adoption charges are low. 

In regards to the Survey

The 2022 WAN Supervisor Survey report is comprised of 62 survey responses from community managers at distinct firms. We additionally performed in-depth interviews with eight respondents to contextualize survey solutions.

This 12 months’s survey centered on three key subjects:

1. Like in all earlier variations, we requested questions on how networks are at present configured. This included the prominence of MPLS versus different underlay applied sciences, the distribution of assorted bandwidths for these underlay merchandise, and product sourcing methods.
2. We additionally requested about SD-WAN adoption together with kinds of distributors, elements for adoption, and administration ranges.
3. Lastly, we requested about cloud connection strategies, cloud suppliers, and NaaS adoption.

Contributors got here from quite a few industries, ranging in measurement from medium sized enterprises to Fortune 500 enterprises. Taking part firms had a median annual 2021 income of about $11 billion and most had been multinational in scope.

Obtain the free government abstract for a better have a look at our newest survey outcomes.