Magic Quadrant for Managed Network Services
Vendors or products added in this year’s report may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
Vendors or products dropped from one year to the next may indicate a change in the market, change in evaluation criteria, or change of focus by the vendor.
This year's research revealed that nearly all of the MNS vendors have added MNS support for private 5G deployments. The MNS market definition was expanded to better fit the expanding market by including requirements for security function support from these providers for LAN, WAN and now MNS for security. Most providers are extending their MNS for LAN more actively for Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) in data centers and developing software-defined LAN (SD-LAN) solutions. There is a trend of customers reducing the number of service vendors they contract with, seeking standardization and improved overall service experience. The markets for both MNS and security are converging to a SASE/SSE model.
A: Vendors may appear one year and not the next due to changes in inclusion criteria as markets evolve, changes in the vendor's business focus or capabilities, mergers and acquisitions, or failure to meet the updated market requirements. The mix of vendors in any Magic Quadrant may change over time as a reflection of market changes and evaluation criteria adjustments, or changes of focus by the vendor.