In my recent group of blogs I’ve covered the main issues with openness in NFV. What I’d like to do in closing this series is describe what could be an effective and open NFV model. There are probably a lot of ways to skin the NFV cat, but this one has been proven out in…
When cloud computing came along, it was clear that the process of deploying multi-component applications and connecting pieces to each other and to users was complicated. Without some form of automation, in fact, it’s likely that the deployment would be so error-prone as to threaten the stability and business case for the cloud. What developed…
Network functions virtualization (NFV) is supposed to be about running network service features on commodity servers using “virtualization”. While the vCPE edge-hosting movement has demonstrated that there’s significant value in running virtual functions in other ways, virtualization and the cloud is still the “official” focus of the ETSI work, and what most think will be…
In prior blogs, I’ve talked about the vCPE mission for NFV—why it’s gaining in importance and what models of vCPE might be favored. Some people have asked (reasonably) whether there were any technical issues on NFV implementation raised by the vCPE model. There are; some that are more exposed by vCPE than created by it,…
Somebody asked me yesterday what I thought was the pathway to open-source success in the telco space. I got involved in open-source and telco applications thereof back in about 2008, working within the TMF and the IPsphere Forum. In both these bodies I was for a time the only non-telco representative in the group, and…
If as I’ve suggested in the last week or so, vCPE is most likely to drive NFV adoption in 2016, then what happens with it is pretty important. It’s interesting then that we really aren’t saying much about vCPE models and issues. As we head for a major year of trials and testing, I think…
The cloud is surely a popular topic with the media and also with enterprises, but despite the agreement of these two groups that the cloud is interesting, they don’t agree much on what exactly is happening with the cloud. Perhaps even more significant is the fact that they don’t agree about the future of the…
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We’re closing in on 2016 and what will surely be a pivotal year in terms of network operator strategy. I’ve already blogged about the results of the operators’ fall planning cycle, and I think that offers a pretty clear view of their technology plans. Because even the best of plans can be contaminated by internal…
NFV trials are not exercises involving the same set of players, or reflecting the same issues or service goals. I noted in a blog earlier this week that operators had decided (often by default) that they would pursue evolving PoCs toward services even though it would likely result in silos based on the large difference…