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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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
In which region are you located?
U.S.67%
Canada5%
Central/South America
2%
Europe13%
Middle East2%
Africa1%
Asia Pacific (including Australia)
10%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
How has your personal level of engagement with OPNFV changed over the past year?
Increased69%
Decreased2%
Stayed the same29%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=140
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=200-213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=206-213
Which of the following statements best matches your opinion of OPNFV?
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=209-212
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
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%
Vendors Service Providers
23
By type
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=212
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%
Vendors Service Providers
25
By type
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=212
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%
Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=207-211
Thank you!
roseboro@heavyreading.com
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