[VoiceOps] Virtualized SBC

[Ryan Delgrosso]

It is unfortunately the element in the network with the shortest service 
lifecycle so the most likely to come under scrutiny for replacement. For 
ex my original core metaswitch I recently phased out survived 3 
generations of SBC's. Each generation came at not insignificant hardware 
cost.

While you say it may be a poor standard bearer it is a lever by which 
solution vendors can shoe-horn their whole NFV ecosystem into the 
carrier from the edge inward with some promise of a future-proofed 
purchase (in the form of licensing).

On 4/6/2016 8:08 PM, Alex Balashov wrote:
> On 04/06/2016 10:54 PM, Ryan Delgrosso wrote:
>
>> an SBC ... is a demarcation and control point between network
>> segments where you can inject interworking and business logic.
>
> Absolutely, at >= Layer 5.
>
> If it's news to anyone here that you can virtualise applications, 
> they've got some catching up to do.
>
> Anyway, my argument wasn't that SBCs serve no valid purposes. You've 
> done a good job of outlining them. Instead, my point was that they, of 
> all things, are a poor standard bearer for the NFV marketing-gasm.
>
> -- Alex
>