CLOUDWAN: NTT i3 Software-defined Wide Area Network Solution for Edge Computing
Takeshi Motohashi · NTT technical review · 2018
Since its establishment in 2013, NTT Innovation Institute, Inc. (NTT i 3 ) has been developing technologies in the fields of cloud computing and security.Today, technology trends are entering a new stage with the advent of software-defined networking, Internet of Things, and artificial intelligence.This article introduces CLOUDWAN as a software-defined wide area network solution developed by NTT i 3 .CLOUDWAN provides functions for not only virtual private networks and network functions virtualization but also an edge computing solution through an application delivery function targeting CLOUD-WAN's terminal devices at customer premises.