Software-Defined Anything Market by Technology (SDN, SDDC, & SDS), Service (Integration & Deployment, Consulting, Managed Services), Deployment Mode (Cloud & On Premise), Vertical, and Region - Global Forecast to 2022

“The global software-defined anything market estimated to grow at a CAGR of 31.72%”
The global software-defined anything market is expected to be worth USD 28.09 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 31.72% between 2016 and 2022. The software-defined anything market is estimated to grow rapidly due to centralized security control throughout the enterprise, dynamic provisioning of networking resources, reduced operational cost, easy Quality of Service (QoS) implementation, and unified cloud resources.

‘SDS technology is expected to witness the highest growth rate during the forecast period’
The software-defined anything market is segmented on the basis of technology as software-defined network (SDN), software-defined data center (SDDC), and software-defined storage (SDS). The market for SDS technology is expected to grow at the highest rate because of exponential growth in volume of data across enterprises and cost optimization in managing hardware.

“North America held the largest share of the software-defined anything market in 2015”
Among all the geographic regions, North America is considered to be the largest market for software-defined anything solutions. The market in North America for software-defined anything solutions is driven by various factors such as technological advancements and early adoption of SDA-related technologies in the region. In addition, technological advancements in software-defined anything have propelled the growth of the market in North America. The market in APAC is expected to grow at the highest CAGR during the forecast. The greater utilization of software-related technologies such as SDN, SDDC, and SDS is expected to drive the adoption of SDA providers in the APAC region.
The breakup of primaries conducted during the study is depicted below.
By Company Type: Tier 1 Companies – 50%, Tier 2 Companies – 33%, and Tier 3 Companies – 17%
By Designation: C-Level Executives – 34%, Directors – 33%, and Others – 33%
By Region: North America - 17%, Europe - 33%, and Asia-Pacific - 50%
The key players in the software-defined anything market are VMware, Inc. (U.S.) Microsoft Corp. (U.S.), Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. (U.S.), IBM Corp. (U.S.), and Citrix Systems, Inc. (U.S.), EMC Corp. (U.S.), NEC Corp. (Japan), Fujitsu Ltd. (Japan), Juniper Networks, Inc. (U.S.), and Western Digital Corp. (U.S.) among others.


Study Coverage
The scope of this report covers the software-defined anything market on the basis of technology, vertical, service, deployment mode, and geography. The software-defined anything market on the basis of technology has been further segmented into software-defined networking (SDN), software-defined data center (SDDC), and software-defined storage (SDS). The report has been segmented on the basis of vertical into telecom & ITES, BFSI, Education, consumer goods & retail, logistics & warehouse, healthcare, government & defense, and others. The software-defined anything report on the basis of services has been segmented as integration & deployment services, managed services and consulting services. Similarly, this report has been segmented on the basis of deployment mode into cloud and on premise. The software-defined anything report on the basis of geography has been segmented into North America, Europe, APAC and Rest of World.
Key benefits of buying the report:
‧ This report includes the market statistics pertaining to technology, verticals, services, and geography along with their respective market size.
‧ The Porter’s five forces framework has been utilized, along with the value chain analysis to provide an in-depth insight into the software defined anything market.
‧ Major drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities for the software-defined anything market have been detailed in this report.
‧ Illustrative segmentation, analysis, and forecast for the markets on the basis of technology, vertical, services, deployment mode, and geography have been conducted to give an overall view of the software-defined anything market.
‧ A detailed competitive landscape includes key players, in-depth analysis, and ranking of key players.
The available customizations for the report can offer further country-wise segmentation of the software-defined anything market in terms of value, further breakdown of the industry can be provided, and profiling of any additional companies in the report.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 INTRODUCTION 15
1.1 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 15
1.2 MARKET DEFINITION 15
1.3 STUDY SCOPE 16
1.3.1 MARKETS COVERED 16
1.3.2 YEARS CONSIDERED FOR THE STUDY 16
1.4 CURRENCY 17
1.5 LIMITATIONS 17
1.6 STAKEHOLDERS 17
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18
2.1 RESEARCH DATA 18
2.1.1 SECONDARY DATA 19
2.1.1.1 Key data from secondary sources 19
2.1.2 PRIMARY DATA 19
2.1.2.1 Key data from primary sources 20
2.1.2.2 Key industry insights 21
2.1.2.3 Breakdown of primaries 21
2.2 MARKET SIZE ESTIMATION 22
2.2.1 BOTTOM-UPAPPROACH 23
2.2.2 TOP-DOWN APPROACH 24
2.3 MARKET BREAKDOWN AND DATA TRIANGULATION 25
2.4 RESEARCH ASSUMPTIONS 26
3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 27
4 PREMIUM INSIGHTS 32
4.1 ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITIES IN THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET 32
4.2 TELECOM & ITES VERTICAL HELD THE LARGEST SHARE OF THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET IN EUROPE IN 2015 33
4.3 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY DEPLOYMENT MODE, (2016–2022) 34
4.4 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY REGION (2016–2022) 34
4.5 LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS, BY REGION 35


5 MARKET OVERVIEW 36
5.1 INTRODUCTION 37
5.2 MARKET EVOLUTION 37
5.3 MARKET SEGMENTATION 38
5.3.1 BY TECHNOLOGY 38
5.3.2 BY VERTICAL 39
5.3.3 BY SERVICE 40
5.3.4 BY DEPLOYMENT MODE 40
5.3.5 BY REGION 41
5.4 MARKET DYNAMICS 42
5.4.1 DRIVERS 43
5.4.1.1 Increasing demand for cloud services 43
5.4.1.2 Cost optimization in managing hardware 43
5.4.1.3 Need for new network architecture for server virtualization 44
5.4.1.4 Rise of software-defined concepts 44
5.4.2 RESTRAINTS 44
5.4.2.1 Lack of industry standards for vendor implementation 44
5.4.2.2 Absence of skilled workforce for effective deployment of SDx infrastructure 44
5.4.3 OPPORTUNITIES 45
5.4.3.1 Exponential growth and digitization of global information-storage capacity 45
5.4.3.2 Attractive market opportunities for SDN infrastructure vendors 45
5.4.3.3 Increase in data center infrastructure spending 45
5.4.4 CHALLENGES 46
5.4.4.1 Maintaining data privacy and fulfilling security requirements 46
5.4.4.2 Lack of enhanced power and cooling infrastructure required to support the powerful and critical equipment 46
6 INDUSTRY TRENDS 47
6.1 INTRODUCTION 47
6.2 VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS 47
6.3 PORTER’S FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS 49
6.3.1 INTENSITY OF COMPETITIVE RIVALRY 50
6.3.2 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 51
6.3.3 BARGAINING POWER OF BUYERS 52
6.3.4 BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS 53
6.3.5 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 54


7 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY TECHNOLOGY 55
7.1 INTRODUCTION 56
7.2 SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKING 57
7.2.1 SDN SWITCHING 58
7.2.2 SDN CONTROLLER 58
7.2.3 CLOUD VIRTUALIZATION 58
7.2.4 NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION SECURITY 58
7.3 SOFTWARE-DEFINED DATA CENTER 62
7.3.1 SOFTWARE-DEFINED COMPUTING 62
7.3.2 CLOUD COMPUTING AND DATA SECURITY 62
7.4 SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE 65
7.4.1 SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE SERVER 66
7.4.2 DATA SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE SOFTWARE 66
7.4.3 SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE CONTROLLER SOFTWARE 66
7.4.4 DATA MANAGEMENT 67
8 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY VERTICAL 70
8.1 INTRODUCTION 71
8.2 TELECOM AND ITES 72
8.3 BFSI 74
8.4 EDUCATION 76
8.5 CONSUMER GOODS AND RETAIL 77
8.6 LOGISTICS AND WAREHOUSE 79
8.7 HEALTHCARE 81
8.8 GOVERNMENT AND DEFENSE 82
8.9 OTHERS 85
9 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY SERVICE 87
9.1 INTRODUCTION 88
9.2 INTEGRATION AND DEPLOYMENT SERVICES 89
9.3 MANAGED SERVICES 91
9.4 CONSULTING SERVICES 93
10 SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, BY DEPLOYMENT MODE 95
10.1 INTRODUCTION 96
10.2 ON PREMISE 97
10.3 CLOUD 99


11 GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS 101
11.1 INTRODUCTION 102
11.2 NORTH AMERICA 104
11.2.1 U.S 106
11.2.2 CANADA 106
11.2.3 MEXICO 106
11.3 EUROPE 109
11.3.1 U.K. 109
11.3.2 GERMANY 109
11.3.3 FRANCE 109
11.3.4 OTHER COUNTRIES 110
11.4 APAC 114
11.4.1 JAPAN 114
11.4.2 CHINA 115
11.4.3 INDIA 115
11.4.4 OTHER COUNTRIES 115
11.5 REST OF THE WORLD 119
11.5.1 SOUTH AMERICA 119
11.5.2 MIDDLE EAST 120
11.5.3 AFRICA 120
12 COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE 123
12.1 INTRODUCTION 123
12.2 RANKING ANALYSIS OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE SOFTWARE-DEFINED ANYTHING MARKET, 2015 124
12.3 COMPETITIVE SCENARIO 126
12.4 DEVELOPMENTS 127
12.4.1 NEW PRODUCT LAUNCHES AND DEVELOPMENTS 127
12.4.2 PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS 128
12.4.3 MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS 128
13 COMPANY PROFILES 129
13.1 INTRODUCTION 129
(Business Overview, Products & Services, Key Insights, Recent Developments, SWOT Analysis, Ratio Analysis, MnM View)*
13.2 MICROSOFT CORP. 130
13.3 IBM CORP. 133
13.4 HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE CO. 136
13.5 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 139
13.6 EMC CORP. 142
13.7 VMWARE, INC. 145
13.8 CITRIX SYSTEMS, INC. 148
13.9 NEC CORP. 150
13.10 FUJITSU LTD. 152
13.11 JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC. 154
13.12 WESTERN DIGITAL CORP. 156
*Details on Business Overview, Products & Services, Key Insights, Recent Developments, SWOT Analysis, MnM View might not be captured in case of unlisted companies.
14 APPENDIX 158
14.1 INSIGHTS OF INDUSTRY EXPERTS 158
14.2 DISCUSSION GUIDE 159
14.3 KNOWLEDGE STORE: MARKETSANDMARKETS’ SUBSCRIPTION PORTAL 162
14.4 INTRODUCING RT: REAL-TIME MARKET INTELLIGENCE 164
14.5 AVAILABLE CUSTOMIZATIONS 166
14.6 RELATED REPORTS 167
14.7 AUTHOR DETAILS 168