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Forecast: sizing the software-defined networking market

Summary:

There is no question that the software-defined networking (SDN) arena is a hotbed of new ideas, well-funded startups, and established vendor SDN architectures. However, there is a significant question about how much future revenue the SDN market can create. Relatively small revenue streams in 2012 show that SDN needs to increase its acceptance to truly impact the broad IT market. This report focuses on the market for the enterprise adoption of SDN. This includes businesses of all sizes and SDN implementations in their branch, campus, and data center networks. The report tackles the key issues with regard to SDN taxonomy, forecast assumptions, and market segmentation.

  1. Introduction: sizing the SDN market                                                                                                            
  2. Defining the SDN taxonomy                                                                                                                       
  3. SDN vendors and products                                                                                                                        
  4. Leading SDN use cases in the enterprise
  5. Sizing the enterprise SDN market:  What is included?  
  6. Segmentation of the enterprise SDN market     
  7. Current state of the market   
  8. Worldwide enterprise SDN forecast 
  9. SDN market opportunities 
  10. About Lee Doyle   
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