The partnership between WWT and Cumulus is focused on developing Next-Generation Central Office (NGCO) solutions. These solutions are pre-integrated and validated sets of hardware and software, optimized for SDN, NFV, 5G, and other edge compute applications. The partnership includes other companies such as Intel, Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), Red Hat, Cloudify, and Fortinet. The goal of this collaboration is to provide scalable, flexible, and agile architectures that help service providers deploy new services while saving costs and protecting infrastructure investments.