Network Virtualization

Unlocking the IT Transformation

Alan S. Cohen Vice President, Marketing © 2011 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.

Network Virtualization

Network is the 3 rd and Final Leg in the Virtualization/Cloud Trifecta

• $100B IT Transformation • Time to bring the operational state of the network to the level of compute…unlocks compute and storage virtualization driving cloud

Networking is Shifting from Hardware to Software

• Intelligence, control and services moving to software • Hardware moving to Layer 3 Fabric (packet forwarding)

Nicira’s Network Virtualization Decouples Network Hardware from Software

• Changes the CAPEX equation • Reinvents the operational paradigm • Creates a platform for innovation (services) © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.

The Biggest Transformation IT in 30 Years

Any Application / Data

Enterprise Data Centers © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.

Service Provider Multi-Tenant Cloud

Any Location

Multi-Data Center

The Network is the Barrier to Cloud

Decoupled

Any Application / Data

Compute & Storage Virtualization Compute Storage

Applications Are Still Bound to Physical Hardware & Topology

• • • Inflexible Workload Placement & Mobility Limited Multi-Tenancy Poor Programmatic Contr ol Barrier to Cloud Network

Any Location

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Network Virtualization Unlocks “The Trifecta”

Decoupled

Any Application / Data

Compute & Storage Virtualization Compute Storage Network Virtualization Decoupled Network

Any Location

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What is Network Virtualization?

Decouples Reproduces Secure Isolation Programmatic Control Gateway Platform On Any Hardware

Completely decouples logical and physical network Faithfully reproduces existing network services in logical space Enables secure Isolation between logical networks and between logical networks and the underlying physical network Provides a RESTful API for control and automated provisioning Offers gateway to legacy systems to enable non-disruptive integration an migration Open network services API allows development of innovative & differentiated network services Operates on any physical network infrastructure requires only IP connectivity © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.

Compute & Storage Virtualization Compute Storage Network Virtualization Network

Key Capabilities for Enterprise and Government Multi-Tenant Clouds

Elastic Scale Mobility WAN is LAN Security

L2

Legacy Gateway Granular Usage-based Accounting CMS Integration A Platform for Innovation & Differentiated Services

$/Service/Port/Hour © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.

RESTful API MGT Open Platform API

About Nicira: Creators and Leaders

Category

Founders

Leadership

Founded 2007 : Martin Casado & Nick McKeown (Stanford), Scott Shenker (UC Berkeley). “Fathers” of Software-Defined Networking Virtualize the Network

Vision Mission

Business Velocity and Efficiency through Cloud

Customers Industry Contributions

Production and Production Trials with Elite Cloud Computing Leaders in SP, Enterprise and Government Creators of OpenFlow, Open vSwitch and Open Network Foundation Creator and Leader of Quantum Network Service in OpenStack

Team, Investors

Execs from Networking Leaders (Cisco, Juniper, etc.) Engineers from Distributed Systems (VMware, Google, Yahoo, PhDs) Raised $50M from leading Venture Capitalists and Industry Innovators:

Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, NEA, and Diane Greene © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL.