Suppliers to focus on network agility and flexibility with the use of new level automation tools
Procurement market intelligence analysts have announced the top five leading suppliers for the network infrastructure services in their latest research report. The global network infrastructure market is expected to grow at a CAGR of around 5% over the next four years, primarily driven by the increase in cloud expansion and growth in the need for internet-enabled devices.
This category spend intelligence report is based on the synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of information about the global network infrastructure services market collected from specialized sources. The analysts have derived insights using a mix of primary and secondary research with an aim to provide a holistic picture of the market.
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Competitive vendor landscape
As large companies are increasingly looking to outsource network infrastructure services, suppliers in the market are improving capabilities to offer customized services and cater to the growing requirements. The suppliers are engaging in strategic partnerships with vendors that offer diverse networking services to enhance the global reach and service potential. The suppliers are also offering SDN and NFV to manage networking services efficiently. They are upgrading network infrastructure with cloud platforms to offer cost-effective solutions to customers.
According to Angad Singh, a category specialist at Technavio, “The tremendous amount of data generated by IoT has created a huge demand for next-gen network infrastructure to transmit data and this requires increased bandwidth capacity, quality, and speed. Such demands have driven the need for low-maintenance, high-performing infrastructure that uses cloud services as well as provides enough scope to automate processes. Several large organizations are seeking to transform services into next-generation infrastructure with cloud platforms and virtualize networking to reduce their TCO and maintenance costs.”
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Top five suppliers in the network infrastructure services market space
Cisco
Cisco offers extremely secure, automated, and intelligent solutions for network infrastructure that connects globally distributed data across organizations. The company provides products and services with application-specific integrated circuits integrated with hardware and software components to meet clients’ TCO, service quality, scalability, and security requirements. It aims at transitioning its hardware-centric approach for networking into virtualized network environments with the use of software-defined networks to deliver flexible, application-driven networks to clients.
Some key services: Switching, Next Generation Routing, Collaboration Services, Data Centre Services, Security Services, and Wireless Network Services.
Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent is a global player in delivering optical networking to more than 1,000 clients. It assists clients to transform their optical transmission infrastructure and offer revenue-generating services and applications with the reliable transport of data and at affordable expenses. The organization imparts wireless communication infrastructure by delivering high capacity and wireless next-gen access solutions that aids clients in meeting their demand faster and offers high-quality experiences to end-users.
Some key services: IT Routing and Transport, IP platform, wireless network, fixed access, licensing, and managed services.
Huawei
Huawei collaborates with various industrial partners to innovate emerging technologies in areas like cloud computing, network functions virtualization, software-defined networking, and 5G. The company has built around 1,500 networks connecting around one-third of the world’s population. It deployed 4G networks across the world and introduced 4.5G to meet customers’ demand for a better experience.
Some key services: NFV integration and operations, data center consolidation, operations transformation, system integration service, managed services, and network rollout service.
Juniper Networks
Juniper Networks designs develops and sells products and services to high-performing networks through agile, effective and valuable services achieved by automation. It focuses on innovations in networking which help clients gain superior performance, flexibility, and reduces TCO. The company realigned its organizational structure into One Jupiter’s structure by consolidating R&D with go-to-market functions to augment clarity of responsibilities, minimize complexities, and enhance efficiency.
Some key services: Identity and policy control, network edge services, network management, network operating system, security, and software-defined networking.
ARRIS
ARRIS distributes voice, media, and IP data services to subscribers of clients including telephone, cable, and digital broadcast satellite operators. The company is a leader in offering set-tops, broadband access infrastructure platforms, digital video and IPTV distribution systems, and associated data and voice CPE. ARRIS provides clients the essential broadband capacity to meet the consumer requirement for faster transition to IP video and Internet connections. Recently, Altice collaborated with ARRIS for its E6000 Converged Edge Router that helped deliver gigabit Internet services to subscribers.
Some key services: CMTS/ CCAP, video infrastructure, access and transport, cloud solutions, and system integration
A more detailed analysis is available in the procurement market intelligence report titled, ‘Global Network Infrastructure – Procurement Market Research Report 2016’.
