Network Automation and Orchestration

OVERVIEW

This programme helps telecoms operators, communications service providers (CSPs) and vendors to take advantage of opportunities that arise as network management systems (EMS/NMS) give way to NFV/SDN network orchestration and management systems and networks become more automated. Our research offers insights into the challenges created by the transition from physical to virtual and cloud-native networks, and analyses the prospects for professional services as operators, CSPs and vendors move into the next phase of virtualisation and operational transformation.

KEY THEMES

• Operationalising hybrid networks: best practices for implementing intent-based network automation.

• WAN SDN drivers and opportunities, including SD-WAN.

• Tracking and quantifying the evolution of EMS/NMS to support multi-vendor, autonomous networks.

• Open networking and disaggregation: tracking the move away from purpose-built monolithic network elements.

• 5G x-haul network requirements: new capacity, topology and architecture requirements for 5G evolution.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED

Strategy reports: key issues

• 5G network slicing: an end-to-end framework for slice lifecycle automation

• Network automation survey: CSPs' automation initiatives

• Network automation: a solution framework for service agility and cost economics in cloud-enabled 5G networks

• VMware's Telco Cloud Automation: NFV orchestration for multi-cloud, virtual machine and Kubernetes environments

Forecasts, datasets and primary research

• WAN SDN: worldwide forecast 2019-2023 and 2019 market share estimate

• Network automation and orchestration: worldwide forecast 2019-2023

• Network automation and orchestration: worldwide market shares 2018

COMING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS

Strategy reports: key issues

• Transport SDN: the state of the market and key use cases

• Slicing orchestration of the core: key requirements and implications

• Openstack to Kubernetes - what this means for MANO-based orchestration

• Multi-cloud multi-domain service orchestration: what it takes to make it happen

Forecasts, datasets and primary research

• Network automation and orchestration: worldwide forecast 2020-2025

• Network automation and orchestration: worldwide market shares 2019

• 5G market sizing and forecast