CenturyLink retiring NFV 1.0, moves forward with NFV 4.0 [telecom]

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by Mike Robuck

While NFV has been a jungle of complexities for some service providers, CenturyLink continues to bushwhack its way to new horizons.

CenturyLink is now on its fourth iteration of NFV, and while there have been some pain points along the way, CenturyLink's Bill Walker says the journey has been worth it.

"We're finally retiring 1.0," said Walker, senior director of strategy and advancement for CenturyLink. "As we've developed it (NFV) over time, obviously the automation and orchestration has matured and it's gotten much better. Most of the products have not migrated. We are migrating the products and services from 1.0 into the new platform. But, they are both are running fine."