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# A Leader in the 2020 Gartner WAN Edge Infrastructure Magic Quadrant

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Today, I am honored to announce that Palo Alto Networks CloudGenix SD-WAN is recognized as a Leader in the [2020 Gartner WAN Edge Infrastructure Magic Quadrant (MQ)](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/gartner-wan-edge-infrastructure-mq.html). In addition to this recognition, I am also thrilled to share that we moved upwards on our position in the completeness of vision axis, reaffirming that our vision of offering application defined, autonomous SD-WAN, delivered from the cloud is the optimal approach for customers. We believe this is a true testament to our philosophy of increasing the pace of innovation of our acquisitions while remaining customer-focused. To add, we recently also launched the [industry's first Next-Generation SD-WAN](https://register.paloaltonetworks.com/sd-wan) with numerous innovations, including ML-powered autonomous capabilities; new teleworker, retail and large campus appliances; and further advancements to our powerful secure access service edge (SASE) solution, featuring deeper integration with CloudGenix SD-WAN and Prisma Access cloud-delivered security.

As the industry's most comprehensive SASE solution, Palo Alto Networks is the only vendor in the industry with both its cloud-delivered security solution and SD-WAN solution recognized as Leaders by Gartner Magic Quadrant reports (Network Firewall and WAN Edge Infrastructure). As a result, we can confidently ensure that organizations who desire a SASE solution can get the best-of-breed cloud-delivered security and SD-WAN solution, seamlessly integrated with no compromises.

To our amazing customers who have followed Palo Alto Networks and CloudGenix, I am sure you are unsurprised by the recognition we are receiving. After all, earlier this year, CloudGenix was named a [2020 Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice for WAN Edge Infrastructure](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/sase/wan-edge-infrastructure/). As I reminisce on my journey within the SD-WAN space, we believe the results today are outcomes of architectural choices made more than five years ago. While legacy SD-WAN vendors were focused on enabling broadband VPNs to data centers, we recognized the opportunity to deliver the [benefits of Next-Generation SD-WAN](https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/blog/2020/09/benefits-of-next-generation-sd-wan/): to help our customers with cloud migration, dramatically reduce operational overheads and enable work-from-anywhere. Hence, we didn't just build a better Layer 3 router. Instead, we took the initiative to build the industry's very first Layer 3 to Layer 7 SD-WAN solution that is application defined, autonomous and securely enables the cloud-delivered branch.

At Palo Alto Networks, we are thankful to our customers for shaping our products and intend to continually innovate our SD-WAN and SASE solutions to serve organizations through market and technology transitions.

To read a complimentary copy of the report, please visit "[A 2020 Magic Quadrant WAN Edge Leader](https://start.paloaltonetworks.com/gartner-wan-edge-infrastructure-mq.html)."

Get answers to your questions about the world's first next-gen SD-WAN in our LinkedIn Live broadcast. Follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/palo-alto-networks) to join the event!

*Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.*

*Gartner, Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure, 23 September 2020, Jonathan Forest | Andrew Lerner | Naresh Singh*

*Gartner Peer Insights 'Voice of the Customer': WAN Edge Infrastructure, 13 April 2020, Peers*

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