The SDN, NFV & Network Virtualization Ecosystem

2016 - 2030 - Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies & Forecasts for the $18 Billion Market - Research and Markets - Seite 2

The report provides answers to the following key questions:

- How big is the SDN, NFV and network virtualization opportunity?

- What trends, challenges and barriers are influencing its growth?

- How is the ecosystem evolving by segment and region?

- What will the market size be in 2020 and at what rate will it grow?

- Which regions, submarkets and countries will see the highest percentage of growth?

- How are service provider led initiatives driving SDN and NFV investments?

- How does regulation impact the adoption of SDN and NFV centric networks?

- How can NFV make the VoLTE (Voice over LTE) business case work?

- How can software defined DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) complement SDN functionality?

- What level of CapEx savings can SDN and NFV facilitate for service providers?

- Do SDN and NFV pose a threat to traditional network infrastructure vendors?

- Who are the key market players and what are their strategies?

- Is there a ring leader in the SDN and NFV ecosystem?

- What strategies should enabling technology providers, network infrastructure vendors, mobile operators and other ecosystem players adopt to remain competitive?

Key Findings

- Estimates suggest that service provider SDN and NFV investments will grow at a CAGR of 46% between 2016 and 2020, eventually accounting for over $18 Billion in revenue by the end of 2020.

- At present, virtualized CPE, EPC/mobile core, IMS and policy control platforms represent nearly 70% of all VNF (Virtual Network Function) software investments.

- The report estimates that by 2020, nearly 80% of all new EPC investments will be virtualized.

- Although the use of SDN is widespread in the enterprise and data center domain, service providers are only beginning to adopt the technology to programmatically manage their networks.

- Investments on orchestration platforms will account for over $1.6 Billion in revenue by the end of 2020, representing nearly 10% of all service provider SDN and NFV spending.

- The growing adoption of SDN and NFV has created a natural opportunity for silicon and server OEMs to combine their server platforms with a networking business stream.

Topics Covered

The report covers the following topics:

- SDN, NFV and network virtualization ecosystem

- Market drivers and barriers

- Enabling technologies, protocols, architecture and key trends