{"id":2586,"date":"2016-08-25T05:01:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T05:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-infoblox-blog.pantheonsite.io\/?p=2586"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:28:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T17:28:05","slug":"thinking-nfv-infoblox-and-vmware-can-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/blog\/company\/thinking-nfv-infoblox-and-vmware-can-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking NFV? &#8211; Infoblox and VMware Can Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcrwireless.com\/20151229\/network-function-virtualization-nfv\/nfv-and-sdn-pocs-continue-in-2016-greater-adoption-in-2017-tag2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Technology Business Research<\/a>\u00a0study, results showed that while some tier-one telecom operators have moved from network functions virtualization (NFV) proof-of-concepts (POCs) to full deployments, the majority will operate in the POC stage throughout 2016 with greater adoption happening in 2017 as they continue to work through \u201ckey questions\u2026before NFV moves to mainstream adoption.\u201d\u00a0 One of the key constraints has been the vendor community.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.webtorials.com\/content\/2016\/01\/the-2016-guide-to-sdn-nfv---part-4-networks-functions-virtualization-nfv-a-status-update.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">2016 Guide to SDN &amp; NFV \u2013 Part 4: A Status Update<\/a>\u201d by Dr. Jim Metzler, one survey question caught my eye.\u00a0 When asked to indicate the biggest inhibitors to their company\u2019s adoption of NFV, three concerns jumped to the forefront:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The immaturity of current products (22% of respondents)<\/li>\n<li>Concerns about end-to-end service provisioning with both physical and virtual resources across multiple partner\u2019s domains (23% of respondents)<\/li>\n<li>Concerns about security vulnerabilities (23% of respondents)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Infoblox has been a leader in providing carrier-grade DNS, DHCP and IP address management (DDI) over the past decade.\u00a0 As our customer requirements shift to more of a focus on virtualization and NFV, we are moving to meet those requirements by eliminating the concern of immaturity of current products.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, Infoblox has just received VMware Ready\u2122 Status for NFV, which is the highest level of endorsement.\u00a0 You can view details at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/solutionexchange.vmware.com\/store\/products\/infoblox-service-provider-grade-ddi-platform-and-secure-dns-solution-for-nfv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VMware Solution Exchange<\/a>.\u00a0 Check out press releases from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infoblox.com\/company\/news-events\/press-releases\/infoblox-service-provider-grade-ddi-solution-achieves-vmware-ready-status-network-functions-virtualization\/?utm_source=blox-community&amp;utm_campaign=community-q2&amp;utm_medium=blox-community\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Infoblox<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vmware.com\/company\/news\/releases\/vmw-newsfeed.VMware-Helps-Service-Providers-Accelerate-Production-Deployment-of-Network-Functions-Virtualization-With-Growing-Portfolio-of-VMware-Ready-Solutions.2089024.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">VMware<\/a>\u00a0for details.<\/p>\n<p>By expanding beyond DDI and Secure DNS solutions to NFV, Infoblox also helps solve the other two inhibitors. 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