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Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2020 09:59:56 +0200
On 12/Aug/20 09:49, Etienne-Victor Depasquale wrote:
Two more bits' worth ... About a year ago, during a discussion with a local network operator's CTO, I was told that dependency on the operator's employees for production of software gave the employees too much leverage over their employer (the operator, here). Perhaps industrial standardization of internal processes (including orchestration APIs) weakens this leverage.
I'm not sure that's a viable argument considering that any good employee (network, software, e.t.c.) will inherently have considerable leverage over their employer. And any good employer knows what to do when they realize they have good talent - either they do what is required to maintain that talent, or live with the risk of losing that talent to the competition. Moreover, an employer doesn't have to give in to the whims of a conceited employee; and most do not. Standardizing processes would do little to allay the fears of a CTO who is worried about being "cornered" by his/her staff. The real fear such a CTO would have is in implementation and operation of those processes at a technology level, i.e., where the rubber meets the actual road. If companies are going to be that scared by their employees, and if employees are going to play games with their employers, they each have other problems to solve, first :-). Mark.
Current thread:
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G?, (continued)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mel Beckman (Aug 06)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 06)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Christopher Morrow (Aug 06)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 06)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Valdis Klētnieks (Aug 08)
- RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? adamv0025 (Aug 10)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 11)
- RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? adamv0025 (Aug 11)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 11)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Etienne-Victor Depasquale (Aug 12)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 12)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Etienne-Victor Depasquale (Aug 12)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 12)
- RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? adamv0025 (Aug 12)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 13)
- RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? adamv0025 (Aug 10)
- RE: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? adamv0025 (Aug 04)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 05)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Etienne-Victor Depasquale (Aug 05)
- Re: Has virtualization become obsolete in 5G? Mark Tinka (Aug 06)