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Ronald Bartels

MEF Briefing

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MEF Agenda• MEF at a glance• MEF SA Membership and Activities• CE 2.0 Report Card & Global Ethernet Trends• Certification: CE 2.0 & MEF CECP• New Service Operations Work• CloudEthernet Forum May 2013 Launch

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Standards Compliance Education

Since 2001, Developing, Marketing and Certifying Standards for Carrier Ethernet Services

220 Member Companies129 Service Providers

40 Completed Specifications

Operations

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MEF South African Membership & Activities

South Africa - 25

Africa – 35 (SA, Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Sudan)

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Multi-CoS, Manageability, Interconnect

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Carrier Ethernet 1.0 & 2.0 OverviewCarrier Ethernet

Generations Characteristics Standardized Multi-CoS, Manageability, Interconnected

Services E-Line E-LAN E-Line E-LAN E-Tree E-AccessService

Specs & IA MEF 6 MEF 6.1 & 6.1.1, 33MEF 22.1

Attributes& IAs MEF 10 MEF 10.2 & 10.2.1, 26.1

MEF 13, 20, 23.1Management MEF 7, 15 MEF 7.1, 16, 17, 30, 31

Mobile Backhaul 2G/3G Migration 4G MBH Migration, MBH Optimization

Business Services Metro, Regional Local, Regional, National, Global Application , Distance Oriented, Private Cloud

Wholesale - Buy/Sell Access Services

Supporting Work

Enabled Applications

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Consistent double-digit CAGR

Source: Ovum, Sept 2012

Total worldwide bandwidth purchased for Ethernet Services exceeds legacy

CE Global Growth

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CE, Cloud & SDN WorkTop Priority MEF Work in Progress– Service extensions for automated on-demand bandwidth, performance– New management APIs

Cloud Services and SDN– CE already defines manageable, programmable network elements– Collaboration with ONF

MEF Goal– Seamless support for traditional

and SDN approaches, non-disruptive to CE revenue growth/profitability Ethernet Cloud

Carrier(s)

Ethernet Cloud Carrier(s)

Cloud Consumers

Cloud Service

Provider to Cloud

Customer

Cloud Service Provider(s)

Cloud Service

Provider(s)

Data Center Interconnectivity

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• Since announcement in January 2013:– 11 service providers– 25 network equipment manufacturers

• “A Significant test” - 634 test cases replace many months or even years of expert test development of 8 CE Services

*Well known MEF 9, MEF 14 certification now known as:

“Certification by Service”

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MEF-CECP Program • 1000+ MEF-CECPs• 47 countries, 184 companies• 105 min. rigorous exam• MEF-CECP study materials• $350 USD

Q3 11 Q4 11 Q1 12 Q2 12 Q3 12 Q4 12 Q1 13

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Seven MEF Accredited Training Providers

1Q 2013: 48% above previous record quarter

MEF-CECPs Cumulative

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CloudEthernet ForumAnnounced May 23rd, 2013 – Presentation at Africa COM

• To address scalability and enhancement of Ethernet technology, performance and storage networks , to meet the demands of cloud infrastructure

• Focus is Ethernet scalability within and between data centres

• Operates within MEF legal and operational framework

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References:http://metroethernetforum.org/

http://www.ethernetacademy.net/Contact:

einat@metroethernetforum.orggaryw@metrofibre.co.za