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Service Providers Are Spending Big on Network Automation. Here's Why...![]() A quarter of the world's service providers do not plan to have all or most of their networks automated by 2025, a new survey finds, despite the benefits automation delivers and enterprise customers' steadily growing use of service level agreements. The 75% of service providers that expect to achieve full or significant network automation by 2021 primarily invest in network automation for accelerated service delivery, enhanced customer satisfaction, to support more complex and innovative services, and to enjoy increased business agility, according to the survey conducted by ACG Research for Ciena. The total market for network automation across all industries is projected to increase 48.7% -- reaching $16.89 billion by 2022, up from a mere $2.32 billion in 2017, MarketsandMarkets reported. Although enterprises and their large data centers represent the biggest percentage of network-automation customers, telco adoption is growing along with the size and complexity of their networks and their massive consumption of broadband for video, imaging and gaming files, the report said. It is easy, then, to argue service provider spending on network automation will reach at least $8 billion by 2022. That amount could be more, as a continued base of enterprises expand their reliance on cloud and managed service providers for all but the most proprietary data. IT departments have long been advocates of network automation, where return on investment of 349% over five years and payback in six months is not unheard of, according to an IDC report on Juniper, cited by CIO.
Challenges and needs "Operators expect their vendor partners to be able to help them with not only products and services but also with bridging the skills gap between telecom and IT as they execute their automation journey," said Tim Doiron, principal analyst for Intelligent Networking at ACG Research, in a statement. While several vendors have, indeed, expended resources to bolster their services operations -- investing in personnel, training, marketing and other enhancements -- this focus is not without strong competition from traditional IT integrators and consulting firms, as well as computer vendors' services arms. AT&T, for example, has teamed up with Accenture and IBM on microservices -- partnerships that, potentially, could lead to relationships in other areas of the telco's vast network. NTT Docomo, of course, has a built-in relationship with consulting division NTT Data. (See AT&T Deploys Microservices for Cost, Speed & Quality and NTT Data: Use Virtualization Lessons for AI .) It's also critical for operators to monitor these automated systems. Without this capability, networks won't self-heal -- a critical capability to prevent outages and service slowdowns, Jon Lundberg, product line manager for fiber optic field test systems at VIAVI Solutions, told Broadband World News. Related posts:
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12:00 p.m. New York / 5:00 p.m. London Today’s access network architecture is under mounting pressure due to a continued surge in the number of connected devices, a proliferation of bandwidth-intensive customer applications and dramatic shifts in usage patterns related to the pandemic, such as work-from-home and e-learning. Learn why now is the right time for cable operators to build greenfield networks or expand their existing networks with 10G PON, arming customers with high-speed symmetrical broadband. Gain a clear understanding of the drivers impacting the access network and the various approaches being considered to deliver higher speed services. Plus, find out the best practices that operators are employing as they leverage the latest in passive optical technology to future-proof their networks. Topics to be covered include:
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