Why IT Server Virtualization Reached Market Saturation

Every enterprise IT best practice eventually reaches obsolescence as new methods disrupt the legacy status-quo — virtualization has reached that turning point. The worldwide x86 server virtualization market is expected to reach $5.6 billion in 2016 — that’s an increase of 5.7 percent from 2015, but demand has shifted, according to Gartner.

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Software Defined Data Center Growth will Reach $77.18 Billion

The software-defined data center has been steadily growing, and is forecast to continue its healthy growth over the coming years. Research has highlighted the market could be worth in the region of $77.18 Billion by 2020, growing at a CAGR of 28.8% from 2015 to 2020.

Source: Business Cloud News

Enterprise Software-Defined Networking Reached $1.4 Billion

Enterprise networking is experiencing a significant transformation, similar to the telecom service provider sector. The data center and enterprise software‑defined networking (SDN) market increased by 82 percent in 2015 from the prior year — reaching $1.4 billion, according to IHS.

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How Cloud, SDN and NFV are Transforming Telecom

The Telecom Infrastructure Services (TIS) market in North America will decline from $30.4 billion in 2015 to $27.4 billion in 2021 at a CAGR of -1.7 percent, according to TBR. Telecom network operators will shift their focus to software-mediated networks, specifically orchestration, automation, SDN and NFV.

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Growth of SDN in Telco Data Centers Increased in Q4 2015

Purchases of SDN software for telecom network operators’ data centers increased more than 70% year-on-year to $52 million, and use of SDN in white box, brite box, and hybrid physical underlay networks increased at a similar rate.

Source: ACG Research

Why Software-Defined Data Centers Gained New Momentum

Many traditional IT vendors were challenged in 2015. The average revenue and gross profit margin slipped year-to-year as demand for legacy hardware vendor implementations declined, according to the latest worldwide market study by Technology Business Research (TBR).

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Software-Defined WAN Revenue will Reach $6B in 2020

Software-defined networking is providing the agility and responsiveness that data center networks need to meet the demands of cloud computing. According to a new market study from IDC, worldwide SD-WAN revenues will exceed $6 billion in 2020.

Source: IDC

Software Defined Infrastructure Gains New Momentum in 2016

Software is the key to advancing digital business transformation progress. According to the latest worldwide market study by 451 Research, 67 percent of enterprises will increase spending on software defined infrastructure (SDI) during 2016, resulting in a 14.4 percent growth of the related IT budget investment.

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How the SDN Market will Grow to Reach $12.5 Billion in 2020

The worldwide software-defined networking (SDN) market — comprising physical network infrastructure, virtualization software, SDN applications, and professional services — will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 53.9% from 2014 to 2020 and will be worth nearly $12.5 billion in 2020.

Source: IDC

Telecom Service Providers Adopt NFV/SDN to Improve Profitability

AT&T and Verizon are moving away from the public cloud business, due to their inability to gain market share against established competitors such as Amazon Web Services. Instead, operators will focus their 2016 cloud strategies on providing network connectivity and value-added services to solutions offered by leading cloud service providers.

Source: TBR