The inherent complexity in highly distributed virtualized systems drives the need for end-to-end automation and orchestration across all layers of the telco cloud. ACG Research's paper takes a deep dive into the VMware Telco Cloud Automationsystem, which provides end-to-end orchestration and cloud automation. Our economic model shows a return on investment of 344% and network total cost of ownership savings of 23% over five years for an investment in Telco Cloud Automation. This ROI of 344% is based purely on TCO savings and not on revenue growth, which would further increase ROI. This paper provides an overview of the VMware approach to a unified telco cloud architecture and quantifies the benefits of the VMwareTelco Cloud Automation system and the benefits of a horizontal telco cloud architecture.

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