{"id":306117,"date":"2023-10-12T06:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/?p=306117"},"modified":"2023-10-11T15:56:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:56:45","slug":"a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-sd-wan-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/a-leader-in-the-idc-marketscape-worldwide-sd-wan-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"A Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With businesses fully reopened and employees returning to branches, the need for hybrid work, cloud adoption and to better secure people, apps and devices are at the top of mind for all infrastructure leaders. I am thrilled that Palo Alto Networks has garnered recognition as a Leader in the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/start.paloaltonetworks.com\/idc-marketscape-sdwan-2023.html\">IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Vendor Assessment<\/a> (doc #US50471623, September 2023). We believe this recognition is a testament to our continued innovations and unique capabilities that help customers build the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/engage\/sd-wan-lightspeed-on-demand\">Branch of the Future<\/a> with a unified SASE solution.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-306117-_heading=h.vzfxhcga4117\"><\/a>Your Branch Network Needs a Next-Gen SD-WAN with SASE<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/start.paloaltonetworks.com\/idc-marketscape-sdwan-2023.html\"><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"824\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.31%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-306118 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/word-image-306117-1.png\" alt=\"Palo Alto Networks recognized as a Leader in IDC MarketScape for SD-WAN.\" width=\"824\" height=\"431\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent IDC MarketScape for SD-WAN Infrastructure excerpt recognizes the ability of Palo Alto Networks to tightly integrate <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/sd-wan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prisma SD-WAN<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/access\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prisma Access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access provides a massively distributed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/cyberpedia\/what-is-security-service-edge-sse\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">security service edge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SSE) with a full stack of security capabilities delivered from the cloud. By unifying <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/sd-wan\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prisma SD-WAN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Prisma Access, we provide <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prisma SASE<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to help build modern branches<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, robust SD-WAN functionalities and simplified operations with complete visibility and automation. As the IDC MarketScape accurately identifies, we deliver \u201ca single SASE offering that combines Prisma SD-WAN with Prisma Access to allow enterprise customers and service providers to consume highly integrated SD-WAN and security tools more easily.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"max-width:100%\" data-width=\"879\"><span class=\"ar-custom\" style=\"padding-bottom:52.22%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  class=\"aligncenter wp-image-306131 lozad\"  data-src=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/word-image-306117-2.png\" alt=\"Graphic with Prisma SD-WAN compared to Prisma Access with ZTNA 2.0.\" width=\"879\" height=\"459\" \/><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<h2><strong> Unified SASE with Prisma SD-WAN and Prisma Access<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Prisma SD-WAN is our next-generation SD-WAN solution that delivers on four key principles, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/sase\/delivering-flexible-connectivity-for-todays-branches\/\">elastic networks<\/a> to flexibly connect any WAN links, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/sase\/exceptional-user-experience-with-prisma-sd-wan-app-defined-fabric\/\">application-defined fabric<\/a> to intelligently steer traffic based on application SLAs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/sase\/securing-branches-zero-compromise\/\">Zero Trust security<\/a> to protect users, apps and devices and automate day 2 operations with the power of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/sase\/day-2-operations-simplified-with-the-power-of-ai\/\">AI\/ML<\/a>. Customers with a first-generation SD-WAN solution or a traditional routing architecture can migrate to Prisma SD-WAN to deliver a unified SASE solution with Prisma Access.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More importantly, Prisma SD-WAN provides connections to the closest Prisma Access nodes to deliver an exceptional user experience. With Prisma Access built in the cloud across a multi-cloud network backbone, branches can connect at scale to secure applications, users and IoT devices with advanced security services, like <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">firewall as a service (FWaaS), <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/secure-web-gateway\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">secure web gateway (SWG)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/next-gen-casb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cloud access security broker (CASB)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paloaltonetworks.com\/sase\/ztna\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ZTNA 2.0<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"post-306117-_heading=h.wyaps7u9ge5n\"><\/a>Transform Your Branches Securely With a Recognized Leader<\/h2>\n<p>With branch offices facing fundamental shifts, Prisma SD-WAN\u2019s ability to deliver game-changing capabilities in AIOps, visibility and granular policy, as well as exceptional user experience is essential to build the Branch of the Future. We believe this recognition reinforces our commitment to helping customers by delivering intuitive and feature-rich capabilities as a unified SASE solution. As a result, businesses can eliminate the challenges with a mix-n-match SASE and provide WAN resiliency, application performance and best-in-class security while automating day 2 operations with the power of AI.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Download the 2023 IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure Excerpt<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>We're pleased to offer you an excerpt of the <a href=\"https:\/\/start.paloaltonetworks.com\/idc-marketscape-sdwan-2023.html\">IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Vendor Assessment<\/a> to gain all the insights.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-size: 10pt;\">IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US50471623, September 2023)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto Networks has garnered recognition as a Leader in the latest IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SD-WAN Infrastructure 2023 Vendor Assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":723,"featured_media":306144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[117,2675,7503],"coauthors":[8521],"class_list":["post-306117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-announcement","tag-gartner","tag-idc","tag-prisma-sd-wan","sase_category-news-events","sase_category-product-features","sase_category-sd-wan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Tablet-Scrolling.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/723"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=306117"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":306235,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/306117\/revisions\/306235"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/306144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=306117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=306117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=306117"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.paloaltonetworks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=306117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}