The Network Configuration and Change Management (NCCM) market is undergoing notable trends as organizations increasingly recognize the importance of efficiently managing and securing their network infrastructure. NCCM solutions play a crucial role in helping businesses maintain control over their networks, ensuring stability, compliance, and adaptability to changes. One prominent trend in this market is the rising emphasis on automation. As networks become more complex and dynamic, automation is crucial for streamlining configuration processes and reducing the risk of human errors. NCCM solutions that offer robust automation capabilities enable organizations to implement changes swiftly, enhance efficiency, and minimize downtime.
Security concerns are also driving trends in the NCCM market, with organizations prioritizing solutions that provide robust security features. As cyber threats continue to evolve, securing network configurations becomes a critical aspect of overall cybersecurity strategies. NCCM tools that offer features such as real-time monitoring, threat detection, and compliance checks are in high demand. Businesses are increasingly recognizing the need for proactive security measures within their network configuration and change management processes to safeguard against potential vulnerabilities and unauthorized changes.
Cloud adoption is influencing the NCCM market, with organizations seeking solutions that can effectively manage configurations in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. As businesses migrate to the cloud, the need for NCCM tools that support diverse cloud platforms and provide seamless integration with on-premises infrastructure is growing. The ability to manage network configurations across on-premises and cloud environments is becoming a key consideration for organizations looking to maintain consistency and control in their network operations.
Furthermore, the market is witnessing a shift towards user-friendly interfaces and intuitive dashboards. As network management responsibilities extend to non-specialized personnel within organizations, there is a growing demand for NCCM solutions that offer easy-to-use interfaces. Intuitive dashboards, visualizations, and simplified workflows contribute to faster adoption and reduce the learning curve for users, enabling organizations to make configuration changes more efficiently.
Interoperability is another key trend shaping the NCCM market. Businesses often operate diverse network equipment and technologies from different vendors. Interoperable NCCM solutions that can seamlessly integrate with various networking devices and vendors are gaining traction. This trend allows organizations to avoid vendor lock-in and choose best-of-breed solutions for their specific network requirements, promoting flexibility and scalability in their network management practices.
The focus on compliance and regulatory requirements is also influencing the NCCM market landscape. Many industries, such as finance and healthcare, have stringent regulations governing network security and configurations. NCCM solutions that provide robust compliance management features, audit trails, and reporting capabilities are becoming essential for organizations aiming to meet regulatory standards and avoid potential penalties.
Moreover, the increasing adoption of Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) is impacting the NCCM market. As networks become more software-driven and virtualized, organizations are seeking NCCM solutions that can effectively manage configurations in these dynamic environments. The ability to orchestrate and automate changes in SDN and NFV environments is becoming a crucial requirement for modern network management solutions.
Report Attribute/Metric | Details |
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Market Opportunities | Growing awareness about network configuration and change management |
Market Dynamics | Increase in the network size and complication |
The Network Configuration and Change Management Market is projected to grow from USD 1.78 Billion in 2024 to USD 2.65 billion by 2032, exhibiting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 5.04% during the forecast period (2024 - 2032). Additionally, the market size for Network Configuration and Change Management was valued at USD 1.69 billion in 2023.
Figure 1: Network Configuration and Change Management Market Size, 2024-2032 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review
Market CAGR for network configuration and change management is driven by the increasing adoption by managed service providers. Various IT organizations nowadays depend on managed service providers to manage their network configurations. This generates huge pressure on the managed service providers to include magnificent configuration maintenance to attract more customers forecast period. A managed service provider provides customers with technology, network, device and security services through continuing support and active administration on their premises. Managed service provider (MSP) handles all initialization tasks on computers in remote areas. However, it can limit direct login and direct access to the probe server. As a result, distributed user control is effective. Therefore, increasing network configuration and change management adoption by managed service providers is expected to drive market growth.
Moreover, multiple organizations' clients would require HIPAA or FINRA compliance for the documents they entrust to the company. Therefore, document management systems must incorporate features that take extra steps to fully comply with all applicable privacy laws to protect the company's and its client's information.​In the digital era, protecting online documents is essential to prevent data breaches and malicious attacks from hackers. Security is becoming a significant concern for many companies that have deployed DMS. Besides the financial consequences, a data breach can cause customer loss, brand reputation damage, company secrets leaking, compliance, and legal issues.
Increasing demand for network automation, network security, and progressing infrastructure for network infrastructure is the biggest revenue producer for this market, while the major restraints to this market are inflexible standard procedures and budgetary constraints. Less software-defined networking serves as an opportunity in this market. Network automation is the process of operating software to simplify network and security gaining and maintenance to maximize network reliability and functionality. Network computerization is being used in grouping with network virtualization driving the network configuration and change management market revenue.
Additionally, the organization's expansion increased network size and complexity. Including new devices and technology to meet corporate demands has greatly increased the network's size. IT managers in firms must deal with the concerns of performance degradation and network downtime prevention. Most network outages and application performance deterioration are caused by incorrect manual configuration changes, necessitating more effective configuration management.
The network configuration and change management market segmentation, based on components, includes software and services. The software segment dominated the market, accounting for 35% of market revenue (0.59 Billion). In developing economies, category growth is driven due to growing pressure on firms to deliver digital innovation faster in response to growing customer expectations. However, services are the fastest-growing category due to the growing need for organizations to deploy various innovative and advanced solutions.
The network configuration and change management market segmentation, based on deployment mode, includes cloud and on-premises. The on-premises category generated the most income (70.4%) due to the high demand for on-premises software and the regulatory, compliance, and security requirements. However, the cloud is the fastest-growing category due to the growing penetration of the internet.
The network configuration and change management market segmentation, based on vertical, includes BFSI, telecommunication & IT, manufacturing, retail, and government. The telecommunication & IT category generated the most income due to the enhanced demand for software across several IT and telecom services, such as network management and communication tools. However, retail is the fastest-growing category due to the growing need for advanced capabilities, including sales monitoring, employee management analytics, inventory tracking, reporting, and customer data management.
The network configuration and change management market segmentation, based on organization size, includes large enterprises and small & medium enterprises. The large enterprise category generated the most income due to the increasing investments by large-scale enterprises in deploying cutting-edge technology. However, small & medium enterprises are the fastest-growing category due to the growing adoption of network configuration and change management software by small & medium enterprises.
Figure 2: Network Configuration and Change Management Market, by Organization Size, 2022 & 2032 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review
By region, the study provides market insights into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the Rest of the World. The North American network configuration and change management market will dominate due to the increasing data privacy stringency and security standards and policies. In addition, software solutions' high operational efficiency and cheap maintenance costs are being adopted more frequently in this region. Further, the German network configuration and change management market held the largest market share, and the UK network configuration and change management market was the fastest-growing market in the European region.
Further, the major countries studied in the market report are The US, Canada, German, France, the UK, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, and Brazil.
Figure 3: NETWORK CONFIGURATION AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT MARKET SHARE BY REGION 2022 (USD Billion)
Source: Secondary Research, Primary Research, MRFR Database and Analyst Review
Europe network configuration and change management market account for the second-largest market share due to the growing stringency of data privacy and security standards in this region. Further, the German network configuration and change management market held the largest market share, and the UK network configuration and change management market was the fastest-growing market in the European region.
The Asia-Pacific Network Configuration and Change Management Market is expected to grow at the fastest CAGR from 2023 to 2032. This is due to the increasing number of small & medium enterprises in this region. Moreover, China’s Network Configuration and Change Management market held the largest market share, and the Indian Network Configuration and Change Management market was the fastest-growing market in the Asia-Pacific region.
Leading market players are investing heavily in research and development to expand their product lines, which will help the network configuration and change management market grow even more. Market participants are also undertaking a combination of strategic activities to enhance their footprint, with important market developments such as contractual agreements, new product launches, mergers and acquisitions, higher investments, and collaboration with other organizations. To expand and survive in a more competitive and rising market climate, the network configuration and change management industries must offer cost-effective items.
Manufacturing locally to minimize operational costs is one of the key business tactics manufacturers use in the network configuration and transformation management industry to benefit clients and increase the market sector. Major players in the network configuration and change management market, including BMC Software, Inc. (U.S.), Solarwinds (U.S.), Ignite Enterprise Software Solutions, Inc. (U.S.), Zoho Corporation Pvt. Ltd. (India), Dorado Software, Inc. (U.S), and others, are attempting to increase market demand by investing in research and development operations.
AVEVA Group Plc, a subsidiary of Schneider Electric SE, provides engineering software solutions. The firm offers design, engineering, shipbuilding and design management, software and enterprise solutions, and plant and marine catalog information solutions. It also delivers services such as consulting, integration and lifecycle management services. AVEVA offers technologies that support engineering projects' design and through-life operation in oil and gas, energy, marine, chemical, infrastructure, life sciences, food and beverage, consumer-packed goods, and mining, metals, and manufacturing industries. In September 2022, AVEVA and Aras formed a strategic partnership to deliver industrial Asset Lifecycle Management solutions. AVEVA will license the Aras Innovator platform to create a suite of scalable Asset Lifecycle Management solutions that will combine Aras' open and flexible application portfolio with AVEVA Unified Engineering and AVEVA Asset Information Management.
Cyient Ltd is a digital engineering company specializing in geospatial, engineering, manufacturing, digital network and operations management solutions. The firm delivers product development and lifecycle support, operations management, process and network engineering, support and data transformation, and IoT and M2M services. The company serves various industries, including aerospace and defense, communications, rail transportation, medical technology and healthcare, utilities, navigation, heavy equipment and industrial, power generation, oil and gas, semiconductor, and infrastructure. In March 2022, Cyient announced the availability of a pre-built solution for controlled Firmware over-the-Air (FOTA) upgrades via its CyientfIQ innovation platform. As a platform, CyientfIQ stimulates technological disruptions and facilitates the development of new intellectual property and solutions in conjunction with Partners. The FOTA solution is intended to help its customers accelerate the development of intelligent and connected goods throughout the industry.
January 2023: Configit Ace is now accessible as a cloud service, according to the company. The cloud-based Configuration Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform is vendor-agnostic and designed to interface with any IT system. Configit Ace Cloud allows a comprehensive, enterprise-wide configuration process for complex products, systems, and services that support design, development, production, sales, and support.
Software
Services
Cloud
On-Premises
BFSI
Telecommunication & IT
Manufacturing
Retail
Government
Large Enterprises
Small & Medium Enterprises
US
Canada
Germany
France
UK
Italy
Spain
Rest of Europe
China
Japan
India
Australia
South Korea
Australia
Rest of Asia-Pacific
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
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