Network Alpha Factory’s initial efforts in migrating consumers and some businesses are “already paying off, but we plan to migrate even more business customers next year,” Singh said, adding that large-scale migration We noted that tools may need to be adjusted slightly to address this. That can be difficult.
“There’s a lot of tweaking and cleanup of data, workflow, and for some customers circuitry,” he says. “This is a combination of all the elements we have put into this automated factory.”
On the business side, Singh says Network Alpha Factory has so far been a win-win for the telecom giant and its customers. According to Verizon, the platform will enable network operations and sales organizations to migrate traffic from legacy networks to new iENs in a coordinated, non-disruptive manner, giving customers faster access and lower latency. and at the same time allow Verizon to reduce its cost of network ownership.
IDC analyst Jason Leigh said Verizon made the right move to build tools to facilitate customer migration, but there are always challenges when CIOs and executives move data and traffic to new environments. He added that it would occur.
“Tools that facilitate the process of transitioning from traditional network architectures to 5G and eventually 6G are critical for carriers. They will need dynamic tools to automate, streamline, and optimize daily operations,” said Leigh, Mobility and 5G Research Manager at IDC. “A less automated approach can lengthen the migration process and introduce ‘breaks’ in functionality. ”
Inside the “factory”
In addition to its core role as a migration platform, Network Alpha Factory also provides network scalability and a bird’s eye view of the state of a company’s entire network, including where upgrades are needed.
