survey results · 2017-02-05 · more than $5 billion 39% source: heavy reading survey, october...

Survey Results

Roz Roseboro, Senior Analyst

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How familiar are you with the OPNFV project?

28%

72%

Very familiar Somewhat familiar

Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218

What type of company do you work for?

Fixed-line telecom network operator

14%

Mobile operator with network assets

13%

Converged operator (fixed and mobile network assets)

20%

Virtual network operator (no network assets)

2%

Cable network operator7%

Cloud services provider4%

Other network operator3%

Software vendor16%

Hardware vendor13%

Other vendor6%

Other 2%


In which region are you located?

U.S.67%

Canada5%

Central/South America

2%

Europe13%

Middle East2%

Africa1%

Asia Pacific (including Australia)

10%


What is your main job function?

Corporate management10%

R&D technical strategy25%

Network planning9%

Engineering20%

Product/Service Management

14%

Sales and marketing14% Customer support

3%

Software developer2%

Other 3%


What is your company's annual revenue?

Less than $50 million17%

$50 million to $100 million

9%

$100 million to $500 million11%

$500 million to $1 billion7%

$1 billion to $5 billion17%

More than $5 billion39%


Which of the following best describes your company's level of engagement with the OPNFV project?

It is actively involved and

contributes directly to the project

31%

It actively follows the project, but is

not contributing yet45%

It does not currently follow the

project, but that may change over

time20%

It has no plans to follow or contribute

to the project4%


Which of the following best describes your personal level of engagement with the OPNFV project?

I am actively involved and

contribute directly to the project

13%

I am actively following the

project, but am not contributing yet

54%

I am not currently following the

project, but that may change over

time32%

I have no plans to follow or engage with the project

1%


How has your personal level of engagement with OPNFV changed over the past year?

Increased69%

Decreased2%

Stayed the same29%


What would motivate you to increase your personal level of engagement with OPNFV?

More operator support16%

More vendor support17%

More tangible output17%

More mature underlying technology

20%

Better alignment of project scope with my company’s

priorities26%

Nothing would motivate me to increase my level of

engagement with OPNFV2%

Other 2%


OPNFV aside, which of the following open source projects are you personally engaged in? (choose all that apply)

3%

4%

8%

10%

11%

12%

20%

21%

26%

28%

29%

54%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Other

Ceph

Open Contrail

DPDK

Open Data Plane

ONOS

KVM

OpenvSwitch

I'm not involved in any other open source projects

OpenDaylight

Linux

OpenStack


At what stage is your company in the execution of its NFV strategy?

We have no NFV strategy planned at this point

10%

We are now developing our NFV strategy

34%

We have an NFV strategy but have not started executing it

yet11%

We are in the testing/proof of concept stage regarding NFV

26%

We are in production deployment with NFV

19%


What is your company's current deployment of the following open source initiatives?

Already

deploying

now

Now

testing

Plan to

deploy in

the future

Unsure

about

deploying

No plans

to deploy

OPNFV

reference

architecture

11% 22% 37% 26% 5%

Open source

SDN controller 15% 25% 39% 17% 4%

OpenStack 23% 27% 32% 14% 4%

OpenvSwitch 18% 16% 32% 26% 8%

KVM 22% 21% 21% 26% 9%

Containers 12% 21% 28% 28% 11%

Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=202-210

How important are the following projects to the success of OPNFV?

Very important Somewhat

important

Not important Don’t know

OpenStack 68% 24% 1% 8%

OpenvSwitch 47% 33% 5% 15%

Carrier Grade Linux 42% 33% 10% 15%

OpenDaylight 40% 39% 7% 14%

KVM 37% 35% 10% 18%

DPDK 28% 34% 13% 26%

Open Data Plane 23% 38% 11% 27%

ONOS 20% 43% 12% 25%

Ceph 13% 42% 10% 36%

Open Contrail 12% 35% 25% 29%


How important are the following projects and organizations to the success of NFV?

Very

important

Somewhat

important

Not

important

Don’t

know

OPNFV 58% 32% 4% 7%

OpenDaylight 42% 41% 7% 11%

ONOS 20% 43% 13% 24%

OpenNetworking

Forum34% 40% 14% 13%

ETSI NFV ISG 45% 35% 9% 12%

Linux Foundation 34% 48% 8% 10%


Which of the following statements best matches your opinion of OPNFV?


20%

35%

37%

3%3% 2%

OPNFV will bring clarity to the vendors developing NFV solutions

OPNFV will be critical for operators to achieve their NFV goals and bring value to the industry

OPNFV will help other open source projects develop solutions appropriate for operators

OPNFV is not addressing the issues that matter to my company

OPNFV is over-reaching and may struggle to accomplish all of its stated goals

OPNFV is an interesting science experiment that will have minimal impact on the industry

Which of the following benefits do you expect to see from OPNFV? (check all that apply)

37%

38%

39%

51%

62%

74%

Increased understanding of underlying technologies

Higher-quality products

Reduced risk

Accelerated adoption

More rapid deployment of NFV

Easier integration

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%


Overall

Which of the following benefits do you expect to see from OPNFV? (check all that apply)

36%

38%

33%

47%

60%

69%

36%

35%

47%

56%

65%

83%

Increased understanding of underlying technologies

Higher-quality products

Reduced risk

Accelerated adoption

More rapid deployment of NFV

Easier integration

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100%

Vendors Service Providers

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By type


Please rate the importance of the following OPNFV activities

Very

important

Somewhat

important

Not

important

Performance

testing/benchmarking70% 27% 3%

Systems integration/reference

platform69% 30% 1%

Functional testing 63% 36% 1%

Influence on upstream

projects37% 58% 5%

Pharos test-bed labs 28% 67% 5%


Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement: OPNFV will accelerate the adoption of NFV in the industry overall.

Strongly agree37%

Somewhat agree49%

Neither agree nor disagree

12%Somewhat disagree

2%

Strongly disagree0%


Please indicate your level of agreement with the following statement: OPNFV will accelerate the adoption of NFV in my company.

Strongly agree20%

Somewhat agree45%

Neither agree nor disagree

29%

Somewhat disagree5%

Strongly disagree1%


What are the biggest barriers to accelerating NFV adoption at your company? (choose all that apply)

4%

24%

30%

32%

37%

38%

47%

55%

Other

Switching cost

Lack of skill set to operate virtualized environment

Security concerns

Software stability

Availability of commercial solutions

Unclear ROI

Integration of multi-vendor solutions

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100%


Overall

What are the biggest barriers to accelerating NFV adoption at your company? (choose all that apply)

4%

30%

34%

34%

40%

47%

47%

57%

6%

15%

23%

29%

34%

21%

48%

51%

Other

Switching cost

Lack of skill set to operate virtualized environment

Security concerns

Software stability

Availability of commercial solutions

Unclear ROI

Integration of multi-vendor solutions

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%


23

By type


What are the three most critical challenges facing the OPNFV project? (please choose three options)

2%

21%

29%

30%

32%

32%

33%

38%

43%

Other

Lack of resources with relevant skill set

Lack of operator commitment

Lack of buy-in across the vendor community

Awareness of the project

Concerns about open source technology

Unclear strategy

Industry perception of the project

Managing competing company agendas

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45%


Overall

What are the three most critical challenges facing the OPNFV project? (please choose three options)

2%

17%

25%

29%

36%

34%

38%

37%

38%

3%

30%

35%

30%

26%

28%

24%

43%

49%

Other

Lack of resources with relevant skill set

Lack of operator commitment

Lack of buy-in across the vendor community

Awareness of the project

Concerns about open source technology

Unclear strategy

Industry perception of the project

Managing competing company agendas

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%


25

By type


Please indicate how important it is for OPNFV to focus on the following technologies and activities.

Critical Important,

but not

critical

Marginal Not

important

at all

Containers 26% 55% 18% 1%

Management/orchestration 61% 32% 7% 0.5%

Security 75% 21% 4% 0%

OSS/BSS integration 54% 37% 8% 2%

Skills training 39% 49% 11% 2%

VNF interoperability 54% 37% 9% 0.5%


Thank you!

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