Meraki – Head in the Cloud Cloud Managed Secure Networking

Greg Harris

About Meraki

• Meraki is the leader in Cloud Networking

- Over 18,000 customer networks in 145 countries worldwide

- Named Visionary in 2011 Gartner Magic Quadrant

• Focus on technology innovation

- Founded in 2006 at MIT, in the cloud since Day 1

- Extensive R&D investments: cloud management systems, indoor and

outdoor 802.11n, routers and security appliances

• Strong Financial Performance

- Privately held, backed by Sequoia Capital and Google

- Triple-digit annual revenue growth

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Market Drivers/Observations

• Global WLAN market up 43.4% in 2011 - IDC

• EMEA WLAN market up 30.7% in 2011 - IDC

• Smartphone Shipments will grow from 455m in 2011 to

864m in 2015 - Canalys

• iPad Shipments will grow from 45m in 2011 to 113m in

2015 – Canalys

• Growth markets

- Education, retail, airports, manufacturing, SOHO,

hospitals, hotels and offices - Canalys

• Cloud, Mobility, Consumerisation, Social Networking

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Networking challenges

New devices High bandwidth web apps Access everywhere

“How do I support 10x more devices with a fixed staff?”

“Is guest WiFi secure, even in my branches?”

“How do I keep BitTorrent from slowing down business apps?”

Creating new challenges for IT:

Expectations have changed, networks have not

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Servers / Storage E-Mail / Applications Networking

How will the cloud transform networking?

The cloud: a new technology

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The cloud increases IT efficiency

• Turnkey installation and management

• No training or dedicated staff

• Integrated, always up to date features

• Scales from small branches to the campus

• TCO savings of over 50%

Manageability Scalability Cost Savings

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Meraki: The recognized leader in Cloud Networking

Over 18,000 customer networks

Education, enterprise, healthcare, retail,

government, industrial, hospitality

Visionary, Magic Quadrant

for Wireless LAN

Winner, Mobility and Wireless

Product of the Year

Recognized for innovation

Technology Pioneer Award Winner, Best Product

Wireless Solution

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Wireless LAN, WAN and security product family

Cloud Managed Branch Routers and Wireless LAN With Integrated Application, User, and Content-Aware Security

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Cloud Networking Architecture

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Cloud Networking architecture

High capacity on-site hardware, centrally managed from the cloud

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Meraki’s out-of-band control plane

Scalable

- Unlimited throughput: no centralized controller

bottlenecks

- Add devices or sites in minutes

Reliable

- Cloud service provides high availability,

configuration backups

- Network functions even if management traffic is

interrupted

Secure

- No user traffic passes through cloud

- Fully HIPAA / PCI compliant

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Management

data (1 kb/s)

WAN

Complete control from the cloud

User

fingerprints Client

location

Application

QoS

Real-time

control

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The Meraki Platform Integrated Management, Security, and Capacity

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Powerful, intuitive management

Comprehensive management features:

• Zero-touch provisioning

• Automatic monitoring and alerts

• Over-the-web firmware upgrades

(user-scheduled)

• Searchable network-wide event log

• Reporting and analytics

• Cloud-based diagnostic tools

• 1-click port forwarding

• Intuitive VLAN configuration

• Printer and switch monitoring

Intelligent network automation

• VPN tunnel establishment/NAT traversal

• Automatic WAN link balancing and failover

• Cloud-based RF optimization

Multi-Site Management

User/Device Fingerprinting

Application Shaping/QoS

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Rich application, user, and content-aware security

Guest Isolation Firewall

Network Access Control (NAC)

Content Filtering

Comprehensive security features:

• Cloud security

- 2 factor authentication

- Role-based administration

- SSL-encrypted management plane

- 3rd party audited cloud services

- Physically secured datacenters

• Network-wide security

- User/group policy firewall

- Application firewall

- 1:1 NAT, DMZ

- Site to site VPN

- Active Directory and RADIUS integration

- Antivirus, anti-malware, anti-phishing

• Wireless security

- WPA2 Enterprise/802.1x

- Guest WiFi firewall

- Rogue AP detection

• HIPAA, PCI, and CIPA compliant

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High capacity for dense networks

Wireless performance features:

- 802.11n WiFi with 3-stream 3x3 MIMO, up to 900 Mbit/s

- Cloud-based RF optimization with spectrum analysis

- Ultra-high performance mesh networking

WAN performance features:

- WAN link aggregation

- High throughput security: VPN, stateful firewall, content filtering

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Independent analysis by The Tolly Group comparing throughput of Meraki’s

MR24 to Cisco’s top of the line 3502i.

Meraki Beats Cisco by 42% in Wireless Benchmark

Meraki MR24

Cisco 3502i

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Case Studies

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Customer success across all industries

K-12

Enterprise Healthcare

Hospitality

Retail

Industrial Government

Higher Ed

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Turnkey installation and management

• WiFi deployment replacing Cisco

• Virtual isolated networks for researchers, staff,

and students

• Reliable, high-density lecture hall coverage

• Deployment completed in 4 hours

“Having a wireless network just work is kind of refreshing.”

- Miles Davis, IT Director

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User-centric security

• Medical group with 22 hospitals and clinics, 275

physicians, and 150,000 patients

• HIPAA-compliant 802.1x secure wireless for

wireless tablets and electronic medical records

• Virtual isolated WiFi for patients and visitors

“Meraki provided a future-proof solution that passed our

rigorous requirements while providing superior value.”

- Marshall Veerkamp, S.V.P. & CIO

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Cost savings

• Dish Networks service provider with 15 locations

• Replaced Cisco ASA solution, saving 60%

• Site to site VPN, firewall, and content filtering

connects and protects branches

• Wired and wireless networks managed under

single pane of glass

“Meraki provides all the content filtering, site-to-site VPN,

firewall, and routing functionality that we could possibly need,

for an extremely good value”

- Nathan Sterling, Network Administrator

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Products

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Meraki MR12 Meraki MR16 MR24

Single-Radio 802.11b/g/n Dual-Radio 802.11a/b/g/n 3 Stream Dual-Radio

802.11 a/b/g/n

300 Mbit/s 600 Mbit/s 900 Mbit/s

Most economical Most popular Highest performance

802.11n wireless LAN

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APs ranging from high density campus models to teleworker and outdoor units

Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller

• Cloud-hosted wireless controller, replaces on-site controller hardware

• Full enterprise feature set: guest access, wireless security, multi-site management,

RF optimization, application traffic shaping, NAC, location services

Meraki MR62 Meraki MR66 Meraki MR58

Single-Radio 802.11b/g/n Dual-Radio 802.11a/b/g/n 3-Radio 802.11a/b/g/n

300 Mbit/s 600 Mbit/s 900 Mbit/s

Outdoor value Outdoor capacity Mesh and point-to-point

Rugged/outdoor 802.11n wireless LAN

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APs for high-density outdoor WiFi, mesh, and point to point

Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller

• Cloud-hosted wireless controller, replaces on-site controller hardware

• Full enterprise feature set: guest access, wireless security, multi-site management,

RF optimization, application traffic shaping, NAC, location services

Meraki MX60 Meraki MX70

100 Mbit/s stateful firewall throughput

20 Mbit/s advanced security throughput

400 Mbit/s stateful firewall throughput

125 Mbit/s advanced security throughput

1 Gigabit WAN interface 2x Gigabit WAN with link balancing/failover

Small branches Medium/large branches

Multi-service branch routers/firewalls

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Multi-service router/firewall designed for distributed networks

Cloud Services License:

Enterprise Edition

• Deploys behind existing firewall

• Traffic shaping, user and application

visibility, monitoring, NAT/DHCP/DMZ

Cloud Services License:

Advanced Security Edition

• Complete firewall services

• Enterprise Edition features plus site to site

VPN, content filtering, antivirus/antiphishing

Cloud architecture saves up to 50%

• Infrastructure savings

- Fully integrated design eliminates point solutions

- No wireless controller or overlay management systems

• Staff savings

- No specialized training

- No added staff

• No hidden fees

- No per-user licenses

- New features added at no cost

- Lifetime warranty

- Maintenance and support included

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Win a Meraki MR12 and 3 year licence

Come and see us at the Vcentral/Meraki stand, have a chat,

give us your badge number and we’ll enter you into a draw to

win!!

Meraki MR12

Single-Radio 802.11b/g/n

300 Mbit/s

Most economical

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Thank you!

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