Cloud-native automation: assessing vendor support for Nephio
10 May 2023 | Research
Strategy report | PPTX and PDF (6 slides) | Cloud Infrastructure Strategies
"Most vendors agree that standardisation is needed for cloud-native automation but each category of vendor has a different level of support for Nephio, depending on the level of threat and/or opportunity that it presents to them."
Nephio faces challenges with winning the support of vendors for its open-source, Kubernetes-based cloud-native automation initiative. Network function providers, cloud infrastructure vendors and OSS/orchestration vendors should assess how they can benefit from Nephio and how they can help communications service providers (CSPs) to achieve their cloud-native ambitions.
This report analyses the level of vendor support for Nephio and identifies key vendor motivations and challenges.
Information included in this report
- An overview of the cloud-native automation market
- An analysis of vendor motivations for joining Nephio, alongside the key challenges that Nephio faces in gaining market support from different types of vendor
- Actionable insights and recommendations for vendors.
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