IDC MarketScape: APAC Managed SD-WAN/SASE Services 2025

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IDC MarketScape: APAC Managed SD-WAN/SASE Services 2025–2026

We’re honoured to be named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: APAC Managed SD-WAN/SASE Services 2025–2026. This report offers clarity on where the market is heading, and what a trusted managed SASE partner should deliver.

Categories: Cyber security, Cloud networking, Network orchestration, Connectivity

06 Jan 2026

14 Mins

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Enterprises across Asia Pacific are accelerating their shift from traditional networks to AI-enabled, secure networking, and the latest IDC MarketScape (APAC Managed SD-WAN/SASE Services 2025–2026) shows exactly where the market is heading.

In this report, discover key insights you need to evaluate the next phase of your network modernisation journey.

How the market is evolving
SD-WAN is now mainstream, and SASE maturity, automation, and AI-driven assurance are shaping the next competitive frontier.

What buyers prioritise in 2025–2026
From platform-level AIOps to NaaS clarity, policy consistency, and regional delivery strength, IDC outlines the criteria that matter most.

Why Singtel is positioned as a Leader
IDC highlights the factors behind Singtel’s position as a Leader, with observations spanning platform maturity, intelligence, and operational capabilities.

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Autonomous defence in BFSI: why the network matters — Banking is moving toward more autonomous cyber defence as agentic AI takes on a growing role in assessing risk and guiding responses. Its impact depends on the ability to enforce decisions consistently across complex, hybrid environments, making the network a critical execution layer. As adoption expands, the maturity of data, cloud, and connectivity foundations will shape how effectively these capabilities operate at scale. /business/insights/autonomous-defence-in-bfsi-why-the-network-matters
Network guardrails for the agentic era — As AI moves from answering questions to orchestrating workflows, enterprises must ensure appropriate governance. One emerging consideration is agentic drift, where autonomous agents act beyond their intended scope. Explore how Singtel’s Unified SASE Convergence platform applies Zero Trust principles at the network layer, treating AI agents as non-human identities with clearly defined access controls. /business/insights/network-guardrails-for-the-agentic-era
The network as a sensor: why Industry 5.0 needs a spatial layer — Wireless networks are evolving beyond pure connectivity into a spatial intelligence layer. As cellular standards progress towards integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), the same radio infrastructure that carries data can also interpret movement, presence, and asset flows. This reduces reliance on fragmented sensor estates and enables a continuous view of how people, machines, and materials interact across physical space. /business/insights/the-network-as-a-sensor-why-industry-5-point-0-needs-a-spatial-layer
AI’s breakthrough moment is being held back by fragmentation — As AI workloads become heavier, more real-time, and increasingly autonomous, they continue to be deployed across fragmented compute, storage, networking, and security environments. This fragmentation has become a limiting factor, constraining scale, increasing risk, and slowing the transformation AI is intended to deliver. Read on to explore what this means for enterprise environments. /business/insights/ai-s-breakthrough-moment-is-being-held-back-by-fragmentation
Why the future of security is written in your data’s DNA — Security is moving beyond the perimeter towards the core cryptographic layer that defines trust across every transaction, device, and data flow. As quantum computing reshapes the threat environment, the durability of this data “DNA” becomes a true measure of resilience. /business/insights/why-the-future-of-security-is-written-in-your-datas-dna

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