Enterprises are seen as some of the earliest test cases in terms of the telecommunications industry’s push into virtualization platforms, with many operators working with those enterprise customers on applications and services using software-defined networking, network functions virtualization and cloud.
At the same time, many enterprises are themselves moving into the software-defined space as they look to drive further efficiencies across their operations. The one challenge to this move is in garnering sufficient economies of scale in terms of working with the vendor community in supplying the platforms needed by enterprises.
