This is a really interesting thread; my telco clients are mad keen on various solutions of this general form. As a rule they would love to consolidate their various SME and enterprise CPEs down to a single x86 box that gets configured with VNFs from a central VIM or container pool. But they'd also love to sell you all your networking out of that box - and one of the big questions I have is just how many companies would accept "LAN as a Service". It may be even more difficult for SMEs as the cost of going back on the deal is higher the less in-house capability you have.
On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:36 AM, Denis Fondras <xx...@ledeuns.net> wrote: > > On 28/Nov/16 19:53, Kasper Adel wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Vendor X wants you to run their VNF (Router, Firewall or Whatever) and > they > > refuse to give you root access, or any means necessary to do > 'maintenance' > > kind of work, whether its applying security updates, or any other similar > > type of task that is needed for you to integrate the Linux VM into your > IT > > eco-system. > > > > Would this be an acceptable offering in today's IT from different type of > > Enterprises (Minux the Googles, Facebooks...etc) ? > > > > As long as the vendor will be held liable for ANY (and I mean it) problem > that > could happen on my infrastructure. >
