The Global Market for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is Projected to Surpass US$2.9 Billion by 2020

Rising Demand from Cloud & Communication Services Providers Drives the Application Delivery Network Market, According to a New Report by Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Application Delivery Controllers (ADC). The global market for Application Delivery Controllers (ADC) is projected to surpass US$2.9 billion by 2020, driven by the rising demand from cloud and communication services providers, and prioritization of ADCs for IPv4-IPv6 address translation.

Maintaining consistent and reliable connectivity of the enterprise network is vital for modern data intensive enterprises. Globalization of business and growing complexity in business architecture are exerting significant pressure on enterprise network performance. The pressing need to scale up the performance of applications to enhance the quality of service (QoS) is creating business opportunities for technologies that help improve network performance of businesses. With numerous applications being run on a common IP platform, network management is becoming an extremely challenging element within enterprise IT. Service providers are also facing challenges in network operation amid growing traffic volumes caused by the increase in subscriber numbers, growing consumption of high-bandwidth applications, and proliferation of Internet-enabled devices such as smartphones.

The rapidly evolving threat landscape is another key factor necessitating service providers to secure their network operations using sophisticated security technologies and mechanisms. The challenging scenario is mandating enterprises and service providers to implement advanced network infrastructure technologies such as application delivery controllers (ADCs), which can impart reliability and agility in delivering critical applications in a quick and secure manner. A growing number of enterprises are investing resources on integrating ADCs within their IT systems. A large number of advanced ADCs available in the market integrate rule-based extensibility that allows businesses to customize the way in which ADCs function and perform. Several ADCs integrate programmatic control interfaces and open APIs that facilitate external systems such as data center applications, system and network management applications, and application servers to control and influence the performance of ADCs. Within an enterprise, ADCs can function as a vital component in diverse environments, such as Office Communications Server, Microsoft Outlook, ERP systems, and portals. ADCs are increasingly gaining visibility as a viable element in application development environments, in addition to their use in launching a protocol gateway between IPv6 and IPv4 to facilitate users gain access to IPv4-only websites with IPv6 functionality.

Demand for Virtual ADCs is gathering steam in the global ADC market. Defined as running the ADC software over a virtual machine instead of physically deployed hardware appliance, virtual ADC (vADC) offers improved IT agility, cost and performance benefits. vADCs typically cost about 25% less than hardware-based ADCs, thus offering a significant cost advantage, which continues to be a major factor fuelling the demand for these solutions. Deployment of vADCs is gaining traction especially in cloud computing networks and virtualized data centers as these environments require scaling up and down of operations as per the changing customer demand.

As stated by the new market research report on Application Delivery Controllers (ADC), the United States represents the single largest market worldwide, supported by a large number of web-enabled enterprises that rely on ADCs to manage network traffic and improve the performance of Web applications and web services. Asia-Pacific ranks as the fastest growing market with a projected CAGR of 8.1% over the analysis period.

Major players in the market include A10 Networks Inc., ActivNetworks SAS, Array Networks Inc., Aryaka, Barracuda Networks Inc., Blue Coat Systems Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., Dell Inc., F5 Networks Inc., Fortinet Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Juniper Networks Inc., KEMP Technologies Inc., PIOLINK Inc., Radware Ltd., and Sangfor Technologies, among others.

The research report titled "Application Delivery Controllers (ADC): A Global Strategic Business Report" announced by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., provides a comprehensive review of trends, issues, strategic industry activities of major companies worldwide. The report provides market estimates and projections in US$ for geographic markets such as the US, Canada, Japan, Europe (France, Germany, UK, and Rest of Europe), Asia-Pacific (China and Rest of Asia-Pacific), and Rest of World. Product types analyzed include Physical ADCs and Virtual ADCs. End-use sectors analyzed for the global market include Enterprise and Service Provider.