Vanilla Plus and Frost & Sullivan together have undertaken a survey in various OSS and BSS fields. As we saw in the Part 1 of the article, below are a set of questions and answers and also responses that are received for each one of it, along with a graphical representation. Today is the continuation of the remaining questions and answered.
- Will open-source tools be used to support semi-proprietary, quasi-open platforms or will open source be the platform?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. They will support platforms | 59.15% | 42 |
| b. They will be the platform | 40.85% | 29 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
2. Hybrid virtual / physical networks are the order of the day for now. When will virtual networks (working combination of NFV, SDN, and Cloud) become the majority provider of services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. 1 year | 9.86% | 7 |
| b. 3 years | 33.80% | 24 |
| c. 5 years | 47.89% | 34 |
| d. 7 years | 2.82% | 2 |
| e. 10+ years | 5.63% | 4 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
3. What becomes of the decades-long effort to reduce the need for Systems Integration Professional Services?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. It no longer applies, because virtual / physical network management is difficult and the pathway for enabling a hybrid architecture is uncertain, therefore the need for Services is accelerating | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. The need for Services will increase slightly in order to facilitate the compatibility of legacy and next-generation software solutions | 45.07% | 32 |
| c. Nothing has changed; services have always been part of any software implementation | 30.99% | 22 |
| d. Automating processes will reduce the need for Services | 12.68% | 9 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
4. Where is the most immediate network-based need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Proactive parameter changes in the Radio Access Network | 11.27% | 8 |
| b. Self-healing core network | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Self-healing broadband access network | 8.45% | 6 |
| d. Enterprise customer portal for self-provisioning & activation | 21.13% | 15 |
| e. Enterprise portal for Service Assurance and Service Level Agreement Enforcement | 2.82% | 2 |
| f. Fulfilling consumer services | 16.90% | 12 |
| g. Reconfiguring and activating/deactivation virtual network functions | 19.72% | 14 |
| h. Partner revenue management and compensation | 4.23% | 3 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
5. What is the most immediate business management need for automation?
| Answer Choices | Responses | |
| a. Customer self-care | 35.21% | 25 |
| b. Monetisation of hybrid network services | 15.49% | 11 |
| c. Accounting for virtual network licences | 4.23% | 3 |
| d. Increasing pricing flexibility to address changing market demands | 12.68% | 9 |
| e. Enabling and accounting for partner interactions | 4.23% | 3 |
| f. Product and service catalogue that supports partners and virtual network functions | 25.35% | 18 |
| g. Posting of customer service usage compared with commitment | 2.82% | 2 |
| Answered | 71 | |
| Skipped | 0 | |
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