Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) Market to Reach $139 Billion, Globally by 2022

According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, titled, "World Software-Defined Data Centers (SDDC) Market", the global SDDC market is expected to generate revenue of $139 billion by 2022, growing at a CAGR of 32% from 2016 to 2022. SDDC is a facility where all data center resources that include storage, networking, and computer are virtualized and delivered as a service. It leverages deployment, monitoring, and management of data center resources through automated software. Exponential growth of big data, increased demand for streamlined & automated data center operations, and cost efficiency has resulted in increased SDDC adoption, globally. On the contrary, factors that restrain the market expansion in certain regions include possibility of security threats and integration complexity.

Data Center SDN: Comparing VMware NSX, Cisco ACI, and Open SDN Options

The data center network layer is the engine that manages some of the most important business data points you have. Applications, users, specific services, and even entire business segments are all tied to network capabilities and delivery architectures. And with all the growth around cloud, virtualization, and the digital workspace, the network layer has become even more imporant.

Most of all, we’re seeing more intelligence and integration taking place at the network layer. The biggest evolution in networking includes integration with other services, the integration of cloud, and network virtualization. Let’s pause there and take a brief look at that last concept.

SDN is Coming. Is Your Workforce Ready?

SDN is moving into the data center at a rapid clip, but while deploying a new technology is one thing, getting people to use it properly is quite another.

According to market analyst IHS Inc., SDN revenues grew more than 80 percent in 2015 compared to the year earlier, topping $1.4 billion. The bulk of that came in the form of new Ethernet switches and controllers, although newer use cases like SD-WAN are on the rise as well and will likely contribute substantially to the overall market by the end of the decade.

This means that, ready or not, the enterprise network is quickly becoming virtualized, severing the last link between data architectures and underlying hardware. This will do wonders for network flexibility and scalability, but it also produces a radically new environment for network managers, few of whom have gotten the appropriate levels of training, if anecdotal evidence is any indication.

Preparing for the future with software-defined networking

Bringing agility and scalability to telecommunications, software-defined networking is the radical transformation that will enable today’s explosive data growth to continue.

With video conferencing, dynamic cloud workloads and unified communications, network traffic is growing at an astonishing rate. Data traffic on the AT&T wireless network grew more than 150,000 per cent between 2007 and 2015 and this is only the beginning.

We expect new applications, like the Internet of Things, 4K video, virtual reality and augmented reality, to push bandwidth demand even higher in coming years.

This explosion of data is already outpacing the capacity of the traditional telecommunications network. For more than a century, telecoms networks have been based on specialized, single-purpose equipment, including routers, switches and other custom-built network devices.

To add capacity, we had to add more equipment. This worked well when the majority of data was voice traffic, which increased gradually and predictably. Today, however, we simply cannot build the physical infrastructure quickly enough. We need a new way to build and manage our data networks.

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