One of the popular Software Defined Networks (SDN) use-cases is Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN). A number of SD-WAN startups and vendors are trying to solve the WAN challenge in their own unique way. Several of those startups got acquired in the last few years. IDC predicts that SD-WAN market will reach $4.5 billion by 2022. No wonder, why the SD-WAN market is sizzling hot with a lot of mergers and acquisitions. This blog post tracks the SD-WAN startups, SD-WAN vendors and SD-WAN acquisitions.
- Pertino / Acquired by Cradlepoint / Acquired on Dec 2015 / Cost: Undisclosed
- Ocedo / Acquired by Riverbed / Acquired on Jan 2016 / Cost: Undisclosed
- Velocloud / Acquired by VMWare / Acquired on Nov 2017 / Cost: Undisclosed
- Viptela / Acquired by Cisco Systems / Acquired on May 2017 / Cost: $610 million
- Talari Networks / Acquired by Oracle / Acquired on Nov 2018 / Cost: Undisclosed
- 128 Technologies - Acquired by Juniper / Acquired on Oct 2020 / Cost: $450 million
- Aryaka - Not acquired
- BigLeaf - Not Acquired
- CatoNetworks - Not acquired
- CloudGenix / Acquired by Palo Alto / Acquired on Apr 2020 / Cost: $420 million
- COSGrid Networks - Not acquired
- Ecessa - Not acquired
- Gluware - Not acquired
- Lavelle Networks - Not acquired
- Mode - Not acquired
- Multiapplied Networks - Not acquired (SaaS)
- Mushroom Networks - Not acquired
- Open Systems - Not acquired
- Silver Peak - Acquired by HPE Aruba / Acquired on Sep 2020 / Cost: $925 million
- SimpleWAN - Not acquired
- Turnium - Not acquired
- TeloIP - Not acquired (SaaS)
- Versa Networks - Not acquired
- Zenlayer - Not acquired
- Untangle - Not acquired
Other Vendors offering SD-WAN Solution:
- Barracuda Networks
- Cyient
- Citrix
- Elfiq Networks
- FatPipe Networks
- Juniper Networks
- Nuage Networks (Nokia)
- Ribbon Communications (previously Sonus Networks)
- Teldat
- Virtela Networks (NTT Global)
- Forcepoint
- Watchguard
Also read: SDN Acquisitions
hello sir,
ReplyDeleteIt was super helpful thank you. i especially liked how the market is growing and will reach to $4.5B by 2022.
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from your list which is working on connecting multiple connection to optimize the broadband connectivity. I just though it could be helpful for other users.
Thanks for your feedback.
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