SD-WAN deployments are converging with SSE or broader SASE frameworks as security moves into network design, supporting zero-trust access.
Managed services, co-managed models and AI-assisted operations are gaining traction to offset skills shortages, automate troubleshooting and reduce downtime.
German enterprises move toward software-defined networks
ISG report finds German enterprises accelerating shifts from legacy networks to software-defined architectures to support cloud, multicloud and AI workloads.
Regulatory pressure in the EU, tighter security expectations and data-sovereignty demands are driving network strategies toward centralized, policy-based control.
Software-defined networking is increasingly treated as an operational-resilience layer, not just a connectivity upgrade, to improve performance, compliance and data-location control.
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