Frost & Sullivan research shows 9 out of 10 North American organizations prefer managed or co-managed SD-WAN services.
GTT Communications Inc., a leading networking and security as a service provider for multinational organizations, has been named a Leader in Frost & Sullivan’s 2025 Frost Radar™: Managed SD-WAN in North America. The Frost Radar™ Future Growth Benchmarking System evaluates companies on growth and innovation. This recognition validates GTT’s platform-centric strategy and investments in AI-driven automation, edge intelligence and reliable, secure networking spanning six continents.
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“GTT Managed SD-WAN offers the performance, flexibility and security enterprises need to support AI-driven transformation at scale, while the GTT Envision platform offers enhanced visibility, control and a simplified management experience.”
Research from Frost & Sullivan detailed in the report reveals that 92% of organizations in North America prefer managed or co-managed SD-WAN services, attributing this to benefits like simplified vendor management, faster service restoration and service-level agreements to back performance. Managed SD-WAN site growth in the region was 20.3% in 2024, with 69% of enterprises increasing network budgets. Convergence of SD-WAN and Secure Service Edge (SSE) is now foundational, with providers embedding zero trust, threat detection and cloud security.
“As enterprise demand for AI-ready infrastructure accelerates, the need for intelligent, secure and agile network infrastructure becomes critical,” said Stephen Thomas, Senior Industry Director, ICT-Enterprise Network Services Practice, Frost & Sullivan. “Our research shows that managed SD-WAN has become the backbone of enterprise transformation – the foundation upon which secure access, observability and multi-cloud orchestration are built. GTT Managed SD-WAN offers the performance, flexibility and security enterprises need to support AI-driven transformation at scale, while the GTT Envision platform offers enhanced visibility, control and a simplified management experience.”
Frost & Sullivan’s report emphasizes the flexible, customizable approach to software-defined network architecture offered through GTT Envision, which supports virtualized network functions, including SD-WAN deployment at the edge, and is powered by the global GTT Envision platform. The report also recognizes GTT’s continued expansion of its single-vendor and dual-vendor SASE offerings to support secure access for distributed workforces, as well as its investment in AI-driven capabilities to automate network management, bolster cybersecurity and provide a humanized approach to network management through the GTT EnvisionDX digital experience.
“We’re honored to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan for our innovation and growth, helping our customers leverage SD-WAN as a strategic enabler for their secure, agile, AI-driven business operations,” said Tom Major, Senior Vice President Product Management and Technology, GTT. “With GTT Envision, we empower our customers to connect, secure and simplify every aspect of their networking and security environments, enabling them to achieve meaningful business outcomes with greater visibility and control.”
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