NTT Com Announces World's First Fully Software Defined Network

NTT Communications Corp, a communications service provider, has announced that it is launching the world's largest software-defined network (SDN), which will cover more than 190 countries. According to company representatives, the SD-WAN Service Portfolio is “the first wholly-owned SDN in the world,” which will provide high-performance SD-WAN services for companies of various sizes. / Flickr / Dennis van Zuijlekom / CC The essence of SD-WAN is



in creating a single virtual network factory consisting of secure overlay connections over physical connections, which can be dedicated channels, low-cost Internet channels, or even LTE. By monitoring the performance of WAN connections, the system routes the traffic, thereby optimizing the use of channels. The main advantage of SD-WAN is the ability to manage traffic at the application level. SD-WAN can be used to connect company branches (or data centers) in several countries to a central corporate network.

NTT Com claim to have built their SD-WAN platform based on a locally distributed architecture covering over 75 cloud centers. This architecture has been optimized for networking and security services. At the same time, it uses the technology that the company acquired with the Virtela SDN startup in 2014.

“Digital transfigurations are happening today in every corporation, fundamentally changing business models,” said Shuichi Sasakura, NTT Com's Senior Vice President. - NTT SD-WAN Service Portfolio, a global service, is an end-to-end solution that provides organizations with access to a flexible and scalable network that fully meets their specific requirements. This allows companies to be more competitive in a digital economy. ”

The new platform is capable of transmitting analytical information about the state of the network in real time. This gives management and IT operators an understanding of the state of security mechanisms, performance, and whether this affects user experience.

NTT SD-WAN Service Portfolio ( source )

Another feature of the SD-WAN Service Portfolio is increased connectivity. The platform supports all types, including local ISP, Internet, MPLS, LTE and wireless connections. Users get the opportunity to combine them according to the requirements of companies. Other useful benefits include secure Internet gateways, URL filtering, and intrusion prevention services.

Stu Miniman, chief analyst at the Wikibon consultancy community, noted that telecommunications companies have been trying to gain a foothold in the cloud for many years, but they did not succeed. In his opinion, service delivery using SD-WAN is much more suitable for them.

“The goal of all SDN solutions is to take the services that were“ fixed ”in network devices and make them affordable, flexible and scalable with software,” says Stu. - The direction of SD-WAN has been actively developing in recent years, and this is exactly the solution that telecommunication providers such as NTT can provide. This will allow them to attract new customers and improve the quality of service already available.

About NTT Com

NTT Com is an international branch of the largest Japanese telecommunications company Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Group (NTT Group). The company provides consulting services, and is also engaged in the design, information security and implementation of cloud services. In Russia, NTT Com Russia supports the expansion of the business of global companies by providing them with universal telecom solutions.

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