On this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check, we look at some top news items from across the space as well as speak with Tech Mahindra about tips for CSPs in deploying SDN and NFV
On today’s show we have an interview with Manish Singh, VP product management of SDN and NFV at Tech Mahindra on deployment tips.
But first, let’s take a look at some of the top headlines from across the telecom-related NFV, SDN cloud and software space from the past week.
A recent report from 451 Research claims enterprises will continue to evolve their storage needs and usage in 2016, with most corporations surveyed stating plans to increase overall storage spending this year.
A significant portion of that increase is set for public cloud storage services, with the Voice of the Enterprise survey results noting at least a doubling in spending across the segment over the next two years at the expense of “traditional, on-premises storage.”
Additional insight from the survey also showed storage spending will be “healthy” in 2016, with more than 70% of respondents expecting to increase spending this year compared with 2015. However, spending in Europe by “very large” corporations, government and utility verticals is expected to lag the average.
Public cloud spending is set to account for 17% of total enterprise storage spending by 2017, an increase from just 8% today. Conversely, on-premise storage spending is set to dip from 70% in 2015, to 58% in 2017.
Among storage vendors, traditional providers like EMC, which is said to dominate the market, will see increased competition from the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft by 2017.
Also this week:
Juniper Networks said it has entered into an agreement to purchase BTI Systems in a move to bolster its optical, SDN, cloud and software business.
Juniper said the deal will allow the company to speed up the delivery of open and automated packet optical transport solutions integrated with its NorthStar Controller. With BTI’s technology, the platform is said to be able to offer network management features supporting end-to-end provisioning of new services.
Financial terms of the deal were not released, though Juniper said it did not expect a “material” impact on its finances. The deal is set to close by mid-year.
Juniper last year was the center of rumors concerning a possible acquisition by Ericsson, which analysts said needed to bolster its own portfolio to counter Nokia Network’s acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent. However, Juniper’s asking price of around $10 billion was thought to have been too much for Ericsson, which instead signed a partnership deal with Cisco in a move thought to have negatively impacted Juniper.
Thanks for joining us on this week’s NFV/SDN Reality Check. Make sure to check us out again next week when we are scheduled to speak with Cloudera on CSPs adopting Apache Hadoop open source technology.
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