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* 1. Do you work for...

Network operator / Service Provider

Virtual Network Function Vendor

System Integrator

OEM/Vendor Ecosystem Company

Other (please specify)

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* 2. Are you using OpenStack in production today or in the near future?

Now

In Proof of Concept project

In the near future (3 - 9 months)

Not at all

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* 3. If now or in the near future, please tell us briefly how you are already using (or soon intending to use) OpenStack

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* 4. Please tell us briefly which VNFs you are using or intend to use

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* 5. Are the VNFs you are using part of a multi-vendor deployment?

Yes

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* 6. Do you contribute code to OpenStack?

Yes

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* 7. What frustrates you most about OpenStack?

Inability to patch

Inability to version control

Inability to capacity plan

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* 8. How important do you think Open Source is or will become to the telecoms sector? Which statement is closest to your opinion?

... Open what?

It’s important in some areas, to be avoided in others

It has a place, but I believe there are still problems with using it in the network

It will play a substantial role in the industry

It’s absolutely crucial

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* 9. Which statement is closest to your opinion - “The increasing focus on open source in telecoms has been:

Bad, has slowed down the development of NFV

Mixed, is working for some big telcos, but is not so easy to embrace for tier 2 and 3 with less in-house resource

Good, open source has saved the NFV development effort

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* 10. How well do you think the Open Source community understands the needs of telecoms? (Please indicate from 1 to 5 where 1 indicates least understanding and 5 most)

1 - The community doesn't understand Open Source at all

2 - It barely understands it

3 - It understands it somewhat

4 - It understands it quite well

5 - It perfectly understands it

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* 11. What do you think are the main motivators for telcos to embrace Open Source?

Save money

Industry collaboration

Speed to market

Unifying telcos around a common approach

Avoiding vendor lock-in

Lower cost products

Accessing a broader talent pool

Improving innovation

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Are there too many Open Source projects?

Yes - more of them should be pooled together under “umbrella” organisations, such as the Linux Foundation’s LF Networking

No, the more the better

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* 13. How well do you feel you understand the term “Cloud Native”? (Please indicate from 1 to 5 where 1 indicates least understanding and 5 most)

1 - I don't understand Cloud Native at all

2 - I barely understand it

3 - I understand it somewhat

4 - I understand it quite well

5 - I perfectly understand it

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* 14. How important do you think “Cloud Native” is or will become within NFV? Which statement is closest to your opinion?

Not sure how important it will become

It has a place, but there’s a lot of work still to do

It’s clear its adoption will be crucial to the NFV effort

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* 15. Is network transformation (the move to virtualization, NFV, SDN, etc.) within telcos proceeding fast enough for telcos to offer the necessary new, agile, automated services needed for them to compete?

About right

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* 16. If NO to the question above - what do you attribute the slow pace? (Tick one or more of the following if you agree)

Technology not appropriate for telecom - comes from a different tradition

The approach suits the very large telcos best - tier two and three don’t have the in-house resource to make best use of it

Telcos need to drive the process more, not let vendors set the pace

Telcos can’t aren’t innovative by nature and their employees are resistant to change

Telco find it hard to attract top engineering and software talent

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* 17. Which Open Source Projects will be most relevant for 5G?

ONAP

OSM

Kubernates

OpenStack

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* 18. Which form factor do you think will be the most important for 5G workloads?

Bare metal

Virtual Machines

Containers

Hybrid (some sort of combination of the above)

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* 19. Please explain briefly what you like about OpenStack?

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* 20. Whilst all data is anonymised we require this information to verify the authenticity of the information provided above. It will not be used for marketing purposes without your consent (see below Q21).

Full name

Email address

Company name

Position

Country

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