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BCE Panel Debates How to Deliver a Stable NFV Infrastructure

ADVA Ensemble's Prayson Pate Joins Discussion on Open Virtualization for the Telco Industry

  • Speaker: Prayson Pate, CTO, Ensemble, ADVA Optical Networking; Jim Sabey, head, USA, BT Connect; Roz Roseboro, senior analyst, Telco Data Center; Charlie Ashton, senior director, business development, Wind River; Matt Goldberg, VP, global strategic solutions, SevOne 
  • Topics: Is NFVI (Finally) Ready for Prime Time?
  • When: Tuesday, May 16, 2:15 p.m.
  • Where: Big Communications Event, Austin Convention Center, Austin, Texas, USA

Recent research in Heavy Reading shows that the majority of telecommunication companies are starting to implement their NFV strategies. In order to make this happen, the NFVI platform that will be responsible for running virtualized network functions must be able to sufficiently support production workloads. 

However, concerns about performance, scale and management still persist. This session will discuss the work that has been done to date to deliver a stable NFVI, including that of the Open Platform for NFV (OPNFV) project. Panelists will debate the capabilities of contemporary technology and how to apply it going forward.