In a previous post, we discussed the near-term deployment drivers for virtualizing at the network edge. Although scalability and cost savings are a near universal goal with all networking technology developments, virtualizing at the edge will be about supporting a range of networking and service delivery use cases. In other words, in order to fulfill the necessary ROI requirements to justify adoption, investments in edge virtualization will need to result in the ability to support new revenue streams as much as conserve network operating costs.
