VMware, Fortinet, Cisco and Palo Alto Networks are among the Leaders in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure.
As per Gartner, The market for branch office WAN edge functionality continues to rapidly shift from dedicated routing, security and WAN optimization appliances to feature-rich SD-WAN. SD-WAN is replacing traditional branch routers with application aware path selection among multiple links, centralized orchestration and native security, as well as application performance optimization functions. Consequently, it includes incumbent and emerging vendors from multiple markets (i.e., routing, security, WAN optimization and SD-WAN), each of which brings its own differentiators and limitations.
