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 requirements and simplify WAN management.Communications SPs and managed SPs can differentiate their managed SD-WAN offering by keeping in mind the following:As enterprises use a variety of underlay mix, it becomes essential to offer enterprise-grade connectivity, especially when using the public internet, home broadband, or cellular networks. Leveraging service capabilities, such as server-level agreement (SLA)-based performance and distributed denial of service (DDoS), will reduce unpredictability of network connectivity.Integration of network and security is another key area of interest for enterprises. In most organizations, the decision makers for networks and security are different, and SPs must take a consultative approach to link these functions to uphold the security requirements of the enterprise. Global footprint expansion to cater to the needs of enterprises that have presence across geographies. Expansion of the multivendor portfolio not just for SD-WAN but also for secure access service edge (SASE) services and enterprises prefer to have a multi-vendor solution for both SD-WAN and SASE to use the best of the breed solutions that align with their goals. Improvement of visibility and observability by consolidating multiple portals to offer a unified single-pane solution to enterprises to better manage multivendor environments. This IDC study provides a market forecast including historical for the managed software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) market from 2024 to 2029 across Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan and China) (APEJC).“Enterprises are moving toward SD-WAN to make connectivity more secure, scalable, and flexible while trying to address the growing demand for bandwidth to handle huge data workloads. Enterprises have higher expectations from managed SD-WAN SPs, in terms of managing operational costs to improve savings, bridge technical gaps for deployments, and future-proof their enterprise networks,” says Swathi Arunaa, senior research analyst, IDC Asia/Pacific Telecom and IoT Practice.