Examining factors of the NFV

Good to read as refference for NFV solution deployment.
Great NFC POC studies can be found here.

• Network flexibility via programmatic provisioning
• Taking advantage of the open source pace of innovation—ever-emerging improvements in both the telecom and the traditional IT space
• Full choice of modular drivers and plug-ins
• Accessibility via API, enabling faster time to market for new capabilities
• Lower costs by replacing with COTS hardware, better price/performance
• Reduced power consumption and space utilization
• Operational efficiency across datacenters via orchestration: managing thousands of devices from one console
• Visibility: automated monitoring, troubleshooting and actions across physical and virtual networks and devices
• Boosts performance by optimizing network device utilization
• SLA-driven resource allocation (initial and ongoing)
• QoS: performance, scalability, footprint, resilience, integration, manageability
• Policy-driven redundancy
• Application level infrastructure support

http://www.ixiacom.com/sites/default/files/resources/whitepaper/915-0953-01-examining-factors-of-the-nfv-i-impacting-performance-and-portability-ltr.pdf
http://nfvwiki.etsi.org/index.php?title=Completed_PoCs
https://www.opnfv.org/
https://www.openstack.org/telecoms-and-nfv/
https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/solutions/vmware-nfv-heavyreading-wp.pdfhttps://networkbuilders.intel.com/docs/Genband_nfv_whitepaper.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_function_virtualization#NFV_Framework
https://networkbuilders.intel.com/docs/Genband_nfv_whitepaper.pdf