CloudEthernet Forum

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Cloud Services Market

MEF drove $50B Carrier Ethernet

market

CEF has similar ambitions for

CloudEthernet

CEF wants open standards

CloudEthernet

CloudEthernet will help grow Cloud Services market to $200B by 2016

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Cloud Ethernet Forum Members

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Obstacles for Cloud Services Growth

Technology Barriers• Limits to VLANs and WAN scalability• Lack of Visibility Using Tunnels & Overlays

Network Bottlenecks• Network set-up is a manual process• Faster service creation required

Virtualization Limits• Creation of VMs not aligned with VNs• No clear migration paths to SDN and NFV

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Why Ethernet for Cloud?

Ethernet Is Multi-Tenant Efficient CAPEX/OPEX savings

Ethernet is Self Provisioning

AutomatedTime to market +

OPEX savings

Ethernet Is Programmable Orchestration

Customer flexibility +

OPEX savings

Ethernet is Low Cost & Elastic

Virtualization Scalability +

OPEX Savings

Ethernet is # 1 OEM Choice Lower Costs Reduce TCO

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CEF Fundamentals• Align server virtualization with network virtualization• Virtualize what you can & centralize what you mustVirtualization

• Align server automation with network automation• Extend use of Ethernet for automating cloud servicesAutomation

• Create new standards for data collection & data privacy• Unify regulatory best practices across key geographiesSecurity

• Create common APIs for multi-vendor network mgmt• Accelerate network management on top of OpenStackProgrammability

• Monitor application and device usage• Optimize application performance and deliveryAnalytics

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Why Join The CloudEthernet Forum?

Drive CloudEthernet

Standards

Introduce CloudEthernet

Services

Win Thought Leadership

With Customers

Accelerate Future of Cloud

Networking