Introduction: This closing Hot Interconnects session on Hardware for Software Defined Networks (SDN) & Network Function Virtualization (NFV) was very informative. It revealed very interesting carrier market research and raised quite a few questions/ open issues related to dedicated network hardware to be used in SDN/NFV networks. It was not, however, a “Venture Capital Forum” as the session was labeled in the program agenda [VC Forum-Fireside Dialogue: Mind the Silicon Innovation Gap]. Presentation & Discussion: Infonetics co-founder and principal analyst Michael Howard led off the session with a presentation that contained a very intriguing time-line for network operators experiments and deployments of SDN/NFV (see chart below). Author’s note: We believe that it won’t be till 2018 or later for the SDN/NFV market to accelerate due to customer confusion of so many proprietary/vendor specific approaches. Our assumption is based on standards being in place which will facilitate multi-vendor interoperability for SDN/NFV. …………………………………………………. Here are the key points made by Mr. Howard during his presentation: 2015 will be a year of field trials and a few commercial deployments. Carriers will gather information and evaluate network and subscriber behavior during those trials. 2016-2020 before operators deploy several SDN & NFV use cases, then more each year. […]
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