In thinking about how Service Providers are implementing technologies such as SDN and NFV in their central offices, it is becoming clear that edge services and a lot of traditional services can now be deployed as virtual entities. There is a need to extend control of these virtual entities all the way back into the network in a single service chain.
In this 90-second video, Colin Kincaid, CTO - Service Provider for Cisco, discusses this network transformation.
See video: https://youtu.be/Ndb3RCIlix8