Survey Results Roz Roseboro, Senior Analyst 1
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 Other Other vendor operator 2% 6% 14% Hardware vendor 13% Mobile operator with network assets 13% Software vendor 16% Other network operator Converged operator (fixed 3% and mobile network assets) 20% Cloud services provider Virtual network operator (no 4% Cable network operator network assets) 7% 2% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
In which region are you located? Middle East Africa Asia Pacific 2% 1% (including Australia) Europe 13% 10% Central/South America 2% Canada 5% U.S. 67% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
What is your main job function? Product/Service Sales and marketing Customer support Management 14% 3% 14% Software developer Other 2% 3% Corporate management 10% Engineering 20% Network planning 9% R&D technical strategy 25% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
What is your company's annual revenue? More than $5 billion 39% Less than $50 million 17% $50 million to $100 $1 billion to $5 billion million 17% 9% $100 million to $500 $500 million to $1 billion million 7% 11% 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 has no plans to follow or contribute It does not to the project currently follow the 4% It is actively project, but that involved and may change over contributes directly time to the project 20% 31% It actively follows the project, but is not contributing yet 45% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
Which of the following best describes your personal level of engagement with the OPNFV project? I have no plans to I am not currently follow or engage following the with the project I am actively project, but that 1% involved and may change over contribute directly time to the project 32% 13% I am actively following the project, but am not contributing yet 54% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=218
How has your personal level of engagement with OPNFV changed over the past year? Stayed the same 29% Decreased 2% Increased 69% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=140
What would motivate you to increase your personal level of engagement with OPNFV? Nothing would motivate me Other to increase my level of More operator support 2% engagement with OPNFV 16% 2% Better alignment of project scope with my company’s priorities 26% More vendor support 17% More mature underlying technology 20% More tangible output 17% 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) OpenStack 54% Linux 29% OpenDaylight 28% I'm not involved in any other open source projects 26% OpenvSwitch 21% KVM 20% ONOS 12% Open Data Plane 11% DPDK 10% Open Contrail 8% Ceph 4% Other 3% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
At what stage is your company in the execution of its NFV strategy? We have an NFV strategy but We are now developing have not started executing it our NFV strategy yet 34% 11% We are in the testing/proof of concept stage regarding NFV 26% We have no NFV strategy We are in production planned at this point deployment with NFV 10% 19% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
What is your company's current deployment of the following open source initiatives? Already Now Plan to Unsure No plans deploying testing deploy in about to deploy now the future deploying OPNFV reference 11% 22% 37% 26% 5% architecture Open source 15% 25% 39% 17% 4% SDN controller 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? Don’t know Very important Somewhat Not important important 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? Don’t Very Somewhat Not important important important know OPNFV 58% 32% 4% 7% OpenDaylight 42% 41% 7% 11% ONOS 20% 43% 13% 24% OpenNetworking 34% 40% 14% 13% Forum 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? 3% 2% 3% 20% 37% 35% 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 Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
Which of the following benefits do you expect to see from OPNFV? (check all that apply) Overall Easier integration 74% More rapid deployment of NFV 62% Accelerated adoption 51% Reduced risk 39% Higher-quality products 38% Increased understanding of underlying technologies 37% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
Which of the following benefits do you expect to see from OPNFV? (check all that apply) By type 83% Easier integration 69% 65% More rapid deployment of NFV 60% 56% Accelerated adoption 47% 47% Reduced risk 33% 35% Higher-quality products 38% 36% Increased understanding of underlying technologies 36% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100% Vendors Service Providers 18 Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
Please rate the importance of the following OPNFV activities Very Somewhat Not important important important Performance 70% 27% 3% testing/benchmarking Systems integration/reference 69% 30% 1% platform Functional testing 63% 36% 1% Influence on upstream 37% 58% 5% projects 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. Neither agree nor disagree 12% Somewhat disagree Somewhat agree 2% 49% Strongly disagree 0% Strongly agree 37% 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. Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree 5% 1% Strongly agree Neither agree nor 20% disagree 29% Somewhat agree 45% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=213
What are the biggest barriers to accelerating NFV adoption at your company? (choose all that apply) Overall Integration of multi-vendor solutions 55% Unclear ROI 47% Availability of commercial solutions 38% Software stability 37% Security concerns 32% Lack of skill set to operate virtualized environment 30% Switching cost 24% Other 4% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%100% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
What are the biggest barriers to accelerating NFV adoption at your company? (choose all that apply) By type 51% Integration of multi-vendor solutions 57% 48% Unclear ROI 47% 21% Availability of commercial solutions 47% 34% Software stability 40% 29% Security concerns 34% 23% Lack of skill set to operate virtualized environment 34% 15% Switching cost 30% 6% Other 4% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Vendors Service Providers 23 Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=211
What are the three most critical challenges facing the OPNFV project? (please choose three options) Overall Managing competing company agendas 43% Industry perception of the project 38% Unclear strategy 33% Concerns about open source technology 32% Awareness of the project 32% Lack of buy-in across the vendor community 30% Lack of operator commitment 29% Lack of resources with relevant skill set 21% Other 2% 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% 45% Source: Heavy Reading survey, October 2015, n=212
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