Summary Bullets:
- Turbulence in the NFV MANO market is high; that can be good to shakeout problems, but it also makes for an uncomfortable flight.
- Some operators have decided to take matters into their own hands; others are engaging a trusted vendor to “just make it work”.
As with any long haul flight, the risk of experiencing periods of turbulence is ever present. The flight metaphor is also appropriate to long haul telecom network transformation projects, and NFV is certainly the largest to be navigated by the industry in the past 20 years. The NFV management and network orchestration (MANO) architectural block is a good indicator of the “flight status” of the whole NFV project, which now seems to be entering a new phase of turbulence. A couple of recent announcements have highlighted some major, and sometimes forgotten, basics: Continue reading “NFV MANO – Entering Yet Another Bout of Turbulence”