Nfv Orchestration Vendors
North American Orchestration ProviderIn its rankings, the NFV provider evaluated nine NFV providers according to 15 different categories: "vulnerable", "competitive", "strong", "very strong" or "leading". The only provider to have achieved the latter credit standing in the NFV MANO: Competition Dynamics and Solution Assessments document, which he made available for free dissemination (after provision of all necessary information for registration), is now an affiliate of NEC Corp.
"In this first official side-by-side review of our range of products, Netcracker has proven to be a leader," the article states. "Overall, Current Analysis noted the emerging technological convergence in an acronymized summary: "Our analyze shows that NFV Managed Finance has made significant progress over the past 12 monitors - many providers are switching to testing with the help of proof of concepts (PoCs) providers, and many are now looking at the practical aspects of introducing business use.
In fact, some have made further progress and introduced business applications, such as virtualised Voice-over-LTE (vVoLTE), although mainly at the orchestration level VIM (Virtualized Infrastructur Manager), but also, to an increasing extent, at the level VNFM (Virtual Network Figure Manager) and even NFVO (NFV Orchestrator), despite the absence of full European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) MANO specification.
Some of the most important points in the analysis are as follows:: In spite of the discussions about the distribution of manual functions between the open code system (OSS), as well as between the German NFO and the German NFV manual and the German NFV OMN. The NFV manual has made fast advances in the past year despite the fact that the standardisation is sub-standard. Whereas many NFV installations only use VIM orchestration, NFV orchestration is increasing at the NFVM layer, and some NFV layers are now in operation.
While some are still unified, they are generally highly interoperable with NFVI, VIM and SDN controllers from other manufacturers. Some vendors have not yet taken the chance to distinguish their NFV ONE offer by using cutting-edge technology or expanding the roll of orchestration.
While not all providers have taken the chance to distinguish their NFV ONE offering through the use of cutting-edge technology or to extend the roll of orchestration beyond ETSI's expects. Providers differ widely in the number of third-party NFFs endorsed at the VNFM layer, although most have adopted a pro-active stance in the development of NFF provider eco-systems.
As some vendors are now claiming the importance of NFVO implementations in the carrier's OSS, others have not yet achieved this point and/or are limited in the disclosure of detail. This research company emphasised that this first article on the subject of MANOs occupies only a "starting position" in a multifactor driven world.
Other providers and their ranks are: "In a Netcracker press statement, David Snow said: "The results of our initial evaluation of NFV Managed Solutions confirm the competitiveness of this area and the continuing tug-of-war between vendors with a networking and IT background.
"Netcracker can be proud of its early leading role in the supplier search process," said Snow, who wrote the article. "Simultaneously, both suppliers and suppliers should be aware that this is a long competition and there are many drivers that will dominate the markets in the coming years.