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25%

25% -- share citing legacy compatibility as top sdn nfv concern for large enterprises (2025)

Name: Share Citing Legacy Compatibility As Top Sdn Nfv Concern Statistics
Creator: Lighthouse Intelligence
Published: 2026-09-29

2025 · n=1,200 · IE Market Research

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Value

25%

Unit

Percentage

Data Vintage

2025

Entity

large enterprises

Sample Size

1,200

Geography

Global

Evidence Quality

Strong, reliable evidence

Sourced from a well-regarded research firm or industry leader with transparent methodology and a reasonably large sample.

61/100 confidence

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Citation Chain

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Methodology

Freshness

Source

IE Market Research Primary Tier A

https://www.iemarketresearch.com/enterprise-communications ↗

Confidence: 57/100 Vintage: 2025 Channel: Deep Crawl

Source Article

Enterprise Communications | Marketing Research | IE Market Research

SERVICE PROVIDER STRATEGY ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES: SERVICE PROVIDER ESSENTIALS LARGE ENTERPRISES CAN BE AN IMPORTANT UN-TAPPED REVENUE SOURCE FOR NEW ENTRANT CSPs Even though large enterprises (i.e., those with employee headcounts of 250+ employees) only make up 0.3% of the world’s total …

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IE Market Research · Original study ↗

Methodology

Global Enterprise Telecoms and IT Panel Survey of 1,200 executives

Methodology documented

Segmentation

IndustryTelecoms Company SizeEnterprise RegionGlobal

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large enterprises: 25% share citing legacy compatibility as top sdn nfv concern. Source: IE Market Research (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/large-enterprises-sdn-nfv-legacy-compatibility-concern

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