[c-nsp] [External] SDx open standard?

[adamv0025 at netconsultings.com]

> From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka at seacom.mu>
> Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:10 AM
> 
> On 9/Apr/20 11:35, adamv0025 at netconsultings.com wrote:
> 
> > It's not an on/off switch, but more like a gradual evolution towards LSO (as
> it's being standardized at the same time).
> > It's never a green field deployment, there's a whole host of existing
> automation infrastructure & OSS/BSS systems that are being and have been
> evolved/maintained on a business as usual (BAU) bases and everybody using
> custom APIs to everyone else - now what LSO is aiming for is the synergy in
> this space across multiple operators -a common API language and base
> functionality to slowly evolve towards.
> > So the correct question to ask would be what level or percentage of LSO
> synergy do particular two entities have among themselves.
> 
> Not contesting the goal, but rather, who is actually doing it.
> 
> We were a MEF member for some time and attended several meetings back
> in the day where LSO was being defined. So it's not a new concept, it's been
> around for at least half of the past decade.
> 
> Also, remember we had a lengthy discussion about "automation" a few
> months ago, and what it means to everyone. LSO is not that different, and
> for me, the question is whether all the good work defining the framework
> has actually gained any patronage, or if people are treating it the same way
> as they do SD-this and SD-that?
> 
> Personally, I cannot find anyone actively implementing the LSO framework,
> even though many companies (especially carriers) actively work on defining
> it.
> 
Well one could take a view as: let's say LSO is baked into ONAP which is based on ECOMP therefore at&t is making some use of LSO in one way or the other (or anyone using ONAP for that matter).
Obviously the reality is much more complicated and we can be asking variety of questions like, what percentage of all their incarnation of ECOMP/ONAP APIs align with the standard? Do their intra-provider APIs align more with LSO than their inter-provider APIs? etc...      

 
> > It covers the "cloud" part as well...
> 
> Again, the framework is comprehensive. Will Amazon, for example, bite?
> 
Yeah that's a good question. Amazon/Google/Microsoft... if one of them adopts the rest would need to follow.  

adam