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DHagar
1/15/2016 4:49:12 PM
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Re: NFV Major Role in Transformation
@Mike, interesting poll. This should reinforce the growing consensus, led by AT&T, that service providers need a new design and "system" to fully take advantage of the new market opportunities being created.
NFV, and virtualization, really develops these markets by adding value as well through the connections and platforms to the added functionality of the technology itself. That enhanced service capability will put them in the lead in the services and packages they can offer the customers. It truly does require a transformation.
batye
1/18/2016 10:20:14 AM
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@DHagar could not agree more interesting to know, each time I learn something new...
DHagar
1/18/2016 1:29:58 PM
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@bayte, thanks! I think we are all learning the impact of the evolving technologies and transformations continually taking place. That's why I think polls are important, and relevant sources (like Telco Transformation) that keep us aligned with the real market developments and shifting priorities.
Ariella
1/18/2016 12:56:18 PM
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I have to say I'm a bit surprised that big data only gets 14%. After all the hype we've heard about it for the past 5 years, I'd think it would have commanded at least 20%. But it's also possible that some of the businesses feel that they're already incorporating big data and so do not foresee a transformation based on appying the technology in the future;.
DHagar
1/18/2016 1:34:05 PM
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@Ariella, true, but I believe it is accurate in that the true digital transformation will be most impacted by the continued development and use of NFV and SDN. The virtualization and networking compounds and truly transforms the digital capabilities and drives added data points. It makes data a "continuous" feed as opposed to siloed data sets.
mhhf1ve
1/22/2016 8:30:23 PM
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> "I have to say I'm a bit surprised that big data only gets 14%."
I was even more suprised to see that Devops was even lower, given that there's been so many announcements of carriers trying to change their culture with a devops emphasis.
batye
2/3/2016 6:35:03 PM
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@mhhf1ve I do hope we gonna see this change :) one day...
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There has been a lot of punditry lately on the notion of the passe-ness of "Big Data" as a buzzword, and how it is beginning to die out as companies begin to realize that they now have much of their data under control.
...except, of course, those implementing comprehensive IoT solutions. Their data is HUGE.
...and, of course, the life sciences and financial services sectors. Their data is gargantuan and often nearly unmanageable what with the oppressive regulatory regimes those areas face (particularly the latter).
Ariella
1/23/2016 6:49:40 PM
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@Joe yes, businesses are still using big data. But I think in terms of cachet, it's been supplanted by IoT. So that a busines that 2 years ago would have touted what it's doing as applying Big Data is more likely now to couch in terms of IoT, or, if you're Cisco, IoE.
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@Ariella: Although every Cisco rep I speak to uses the term IoT instead of IoE... I wonder if everyone except a couple of marketers in that company have abandoned that term.
Ariella
1/25/2016 9:09:14 AM
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@Joe they'd be better off dropping it completely. It just creates confusion to use your own term for something that everyone else in the world calls something else.
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@Ariella: Cisco has been using the term for several years, going back to the halcyon days of IoT buzz. I think that the company hoped that it would catch on in lieu of IoT -- and, therefore, that Cisco would be forever synonymous with the technology.
It was a good try.
Ariella
1/25/2016 1:03:14 PM
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batye
2/3/2016 6:34:10 PM
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@Ariella interesting observation, but as long as buyer willing to buy it :)... to play devil's advocate one of the big Canadian brodcasters CBC just stop using BetaMax tapes... :) with technology you never know...
mhhf1ve
2/3/2016 7:05:34 PM
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RE: Sony is finally putting Betamax out of its misery.
There's nothing wrong with old technology that still has a useful life! Tape backups might be more reliable than other kinds of storage, actually, because deterioration can be mitigated with tapes under the right conditions.
Ariella
2/3/2016 8:07:42 PM
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@mhhf1ve Tapes are used to store data, though they are also subject to some deterioration. That's one of the key components of Iron Mountain's business, Offsite Tape Vaulting service to store backup data, protect it under optimal environmental conditions and retrieve it when necessary. But I thought that was a different type of tape.
freehe
2/27/2016 12:25:56 PM
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Great article. I agree companies will have to ensure that a hybrid approach is used as several companies still use legacy systems. However, companies in the U.S. are slowly switching to ERP or SaaS as a solution. Companies overseas don't rely on legacy systems as much as U.S. companies. Here is an article from Gartner http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2253215.
Many companies are moving to cloud-based ERP solution. Gartner predicts 30% of businesses will move to a cloud-based ERP by 2016.
In some cases a SaaS solution can provide 70% - 85% of the functionality companies need. In those cases it makes sense to convert.
Ariella
2/27/2016 6:49:31 PM
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@freehe yes, it does. thanks for the Gartner link.
batye
3/6/2016 7:20:55 PM
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@freehe could not agree more... interesting to know... thank you...
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And keep in mind that each communications service provider is different, and that they have to keep the current customers happy while they are implementing these changes. The promise of SDN/NFV and virtualization is real, but there are lots of moving parts. Some of the smaller service providers are going to sit on the sidelines while the bigger ones sort through the pain points.
DHagar
1/20/2016 3:35:17 PM
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@Mike, good points - thanks for further information.
imorris
1/21/2016 3:21:49 AM
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Deutsche Telekom one to watch
AT&T and Telefonica have been two of the most outspoken operators on NFV, but I think Deutsche Telekom is another big European operator to watch in this area. Their whole all-IP strategy, which entails running everything in Europe over all-IP systems and networks by 2018, is very much geared to providing a foundation for the New IP and they've already started pilots of services based on these principles in several of their central European markets.
Ariella
1/21/2016 6:28:30 PM
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@imorris Interesting, do you know if they have results in from the pilot programs already? Or are they still in progress now?
batye
1/22/2016 1:26:30 PM
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@Ariella same questing it would be interesting to know...
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