Category: LANs/WANs
LANs/WANs market research reports by IDC
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EMEA Infrastructure Scope and Definitions, 2025
This IDC Market Perspective provides a comprehensive overview of the scope and definitions for IDC's EMEA Digital Infrastructure Strategies research, outlining market segmentations and measurement methodologies across servers, external storage systems, and networking infrastructure, including classi ... Read More
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Canadian Communications Service Provider Capex Spending, 2024–2025: Capital Intensity Keeps Falling
This IDC Market Perspective details Canadian communications service provider capex spending for 2024–2025. Canadian communication service providers total capex investments will fall for a third year in a row in 2025, nearing spending levels last seen in 2020 when capex spending was hampered by COVID ... Read More
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Japan WAN Services Market Shares, 2024: Innovating for Future Growth Beyond Market Maturity
This IDC study provides vendor shares for the Japan WAN services market in 2024. We estimate the market share by type of closed line.“Companies are being forced to respond to a variety of requirements, such as employees returning to the office, increased traffic due to expanded use of the cloud and ... Read More
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Future of Workspaces Unveiled: Office Innovations Demonstrated at ISE 2025
With 85,000 visitors to its 2025 edition, ISE is currently the most important European event for audiovisual applications and a must for system integrators willing to innovate in the corporate space. IDC regularly visits the show as part of its smart office research."In 2025, ISE once again provided ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Managed SD-WAN Services Forecast, 2025–2029
The digital needs of enterprises have resulted in the assessment of current enterprise network architecture and investments toward modernizing the network. Software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) has become an essential component of the enterprise network to support robust connectivity requireme ... Read More
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Asia/Pacific (Excluding Japan and China) Software-Defined WAN Infrastructure Forecast, 2025–2029
This IDC study provides a market forecast that includes historical SD-WAN infrastructure market for 2024–2029 across APEJC."SD-WAN complements the need for enterprises to have a policy-based, centralized, underlay agnostic network required to power the dynamic connectivity requirements of their day- ... Read More
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European Enterprise Communications Services, 2025: Scope and Definitions
This IDC Market Perspective provides an overview of the market segments covered in IDC's European Enterprise Communications Services CIS. This CIS analyzes the connectivity and communications services markets, detailing changing requirements, trends, and competitive dynamics while providing actionab ... Read More
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Open Systems: Striving Toward Unified SASE
This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Open Systems, a company competing in the managed SD-WAN/SASE market segment. It reviews key opportunities for Open Systems’ unified SASE platform to compete in this highly competitive marketplace. This document assesses Open System’s market footprint, growth potentia ... Read More
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Top 5 Trends in Telecommunications Digital Services and Monetization to Watch in 2025
This IDC Market Perspective examines the top 5 trends that will impact the global telecom service provider market in 2025. Telecommunications providers will accelerate digital transformation in 2025 by expanding AI, 5G, and cloud-centric architectures to enhance network capabilities, optimize operat ... Read More
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AWS re:Invent 2024: IaaS Network Services Evolve to Simplify and Solidify Enterprise Networking
AWS re:Invent 2024: IaaS Network Services Evolve to Simplify and Solidify Enterprise Networking This IDC Market Note provides insights into AWS' several IaaS networking advancements introduced at its re:Invent 2024 conference, addressing critical layers of the network stack. These enhancements aim t ... Read More
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Worldwide Enterprise Network Observability Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Enterprise Network Observability Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study provides IDC's forecast for the enterprise network observability market for the 2024–2028 period."Network observability is driven by a host of industry-leading technologies and practices. Cloud connectivity, SaaS delivery ... Read More
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U.S. Managed Network Services Forecast, 2024–2028
U.S. Managed Network Services Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study presents a five-year forecast for the U.S. managed network services market for the 2024–2028 period."The U.S. managed network services market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.5%, expanding from $36.8 billion in 2023 to $48.2 billion ... Read More
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The Key Role of Advanced SD-WAN Connectivity in SASE Architectures
The Key Role of Advanced SD-WAN Connectivity in SASE Architectures This IDC Perspective explores the critical role that SD-WAN plays in SASE architectures and provides an overview of the key SD-WAN components that enable a successful SASE strategy."As organizations increasingly deploy SASE architec ... Read More
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Reliance Jio: Disrupting India's Telecom Industry to Enable a Digital Society
Reliance Jio: Disrupting India's Telecom Industry to Enable a Digital Society This IDC Vendor Profile offers an overview of one of the major players in worldwide communications services and digital infrastructure services. Reliance Jio is the largest telecommunications service provider in India by r ... Read More
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European Network Consulting and Integrations Services Forecast, 2022–2028: After COVID-19 and the Supply Chain Crisis, Back to Normal and GenAI
European Network Consulting and Integrations Services Forecast, 2022–2028: After COVID-19 and the Supply Chain Crisis, Back to Normal and GenAI This IDC Market Forecast assesses the network consulting and integration services market in Europe in 2023 and forecasts market developments until 2028. Bas ... Read More
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Dedicated Access Versus Shared Fiber Versus Fixed Wireless: The Enterprise Perspective
Dedicated Access Versus Shared Fiber Versus Fixed Wireless: The Enterprise Perspective This IDC Perspective discusses dedicated access versus shared fiber versus fixed wireless. Today's enterprises face the continued challenge of aligning network capacity to the growing data demands of the organizat ... Read More
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Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure Forecast, 2024-2028
Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC study provides a worldwide market forecast for SD-WAN infrastructure, including regional geographic segmentation, for the period from 2024 to 2028. It also includes historical SD-WAN infrastructure market data for 2019 through 2023. The fo ... Read More
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Japan Telecommunications Services Forecast, 2024–2028
Japan Telecommunications Services Forecast, 2024–2028 This research report provides market forecasts and outlook for the Japan telecommunications services market from 2024 to 2028. In 2023, the Japan telecommunications services market saw sales growth in the enterprise WAN services market as employe ... Read More
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Japan Networks Market Shares, 2023: A Market That Calls for Networks in the Digital Business Era
Japan Networks Market Shares, 2023: A Market That Calls for Networks in the Digital Business Era This document analyzes vendor shares and vendor trends in 2023 for the Japan network equipment market, which consists of Ethernet switches, routers, and enterprise WLAN equipment, by market as a whole an ... Read More
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Worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE Enterprise Wireless WAN Forecast, 2024–2028: 5G FWA Reignites Branch Opportunities
Worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE Enterprise Wireless WAN Forecast, 2024–2028: 5G FWA Reignites Branch Opportunities This IDC study presents a forecast for the worldwide 5G and 4G/LTE enterprise wireless WAN market for the 2024–2028 period."The enterprise wireless WAN marked continued to demonstrate multiyear ... Read More
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Worldwide Generative AI Datacenter Ethernet Switching Forecast, 2024–2028: Asserting Our Bullish View
Worldwide Generative AI Datacenter Ethernet Switching Forecast, 2024–2028: Asserting Our Bullish View This IDC study forecasts and analyzes key trends impacting the buildouts of GenAI models on the worldwide market for datacenter networking for the 2024–2028 period. This document also summarizes act ... Read More
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European SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Market Share — A Fast-Growing Market Approaches Maturity
European SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Market Share — A Fast-Growing Market Approaches Maturity This IDC study provides a view of European SD-WAN infrastructure market shares by vendor, covering both hardware and software revenue."In the evolving landscape of the European market, the adoption of SD-WAN ... Read More
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Comcast Business and Its Focus on International Expansion in Europe
Comcast Business and Its Focus on International Expansion in Europe This IDC Market Note covers highlights of Comcast Business' annual analyst event, held in Philadelphia on April 17 and 18, 2024."Comcast Business is successfully growing its customer base and revenues, targeting midmarket and large ... Read More
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European SD-WAN Infrastructure Market Forecast, 2024-2028
European SD-WAN Infrastructure Market Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC Market Forecast looks at the European market for SD-WAN infrastructure, segmenting data by region for 2024 to 2028. It also includes historical 2023 market data as well as overall market compound annual growth rates (CAGRs) for each ... Read More
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Worldwide Carrier Routing Equipment Forecast, 2024–2028: SP Routing Will Grow at a Steady Pace After Overcoming Excess Inventory and Microeconomics Headwind in 2024
Worldwide Carrier Routing Equipment Forecast, 2024–2028: SP Routing Will Grow at a Steady Pace After Overcoming Excess Inventory and Microeconomics Headwind in 2024 This IDC study presents the worldwide market forecast for carrier routing network equipment for 2023–2028. Carrier routing network equi ... Read More
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