Software Defined …Everything:Perspectives from Operators & Technology Vendors

1530-1700

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SDN: Software Defined Networking SDN Definition

The physical separation of the network

control plane from the forwarding plane,

and where the control plane controls

several devices

Characteristics

• Separates the network’s control (brains)

and forwarding (muscle) planes

• Provides a centralized view of the overall

network

• Utilizes programmatic application

interfaces (APIs)

• Enables efficient orchestration and

automation of network services

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NFV: Network Function Virtualization

NFV Definition

”Leverages standard IT virtualization technology to

consolidate many network equipment types to

reduce cost and improve flexibility, operability and

maintainability”

Characteristics

• Vendor agnostic

• Common hardware design

• Flexible service creation

• Multi-tenancy

• Self-provisioning & orchestration

• Flexible architecture

• Fast time to market

• Resource pooling (compute, store, network)

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Market Demand: Enterprise NFV DC, NSP SDNFV & SD-WAN Spending Growth

$1.7 $2.0 $2.4 $2.9 $3.5 $4.2 $2.0

$2.5 $3.1

$3.9 $5.0

$6.3 $8.8

$8.8 $8.7

$8.5

$8.0

$7.3 $12.4

$13.3 $14.2

$15.3 $16.5

$17.8

$0.0

$5.0

$10.0

$15.0

$20.0

$25.0

2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

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Enterprise Edge DC Networking by Type(2017-2022)

Legacy(Physical HW) -Future NFVOppty

Other VNFs

vRouter

Physical

Network HW

-4%

CAGR

20%

26%

29% 34% 39% 45% 51% 59%NFV Spend as % of

Market Size

Sources: Cisco, Gartner, IDC, VMWare, CMA Research and Analysis

Sources: TBR Data, 2017

Sources: Gartner, 11/16

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• The five-year hardware, software &

support costs of SD-WAN are 40% to 80%

less than traditional routers.

• Organizations have cited they spend 50%

to 90% less time configuring branch

equipment versus traditional routers.

• Misconfiguration of the WAN is the

leading cause of network outages.

Gartner 4/2017

vCPE is 47% less expensive per site:

• 42% COTs HW

• 79% OPEX efficiency

• 61% reduction in T2R

Analysys Mason, 2015

Why SDN / NFV?

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Evolving Cloud Exchange to ECX FabricECX Fabric Vision and Roadmap

On-demand connections

to clouds in region

Connect to any ECX

participant in region

including yourself

Expand to APAC (Q3) and

connect between regions (Q4)

Connect to any Equinix

customer in region (Q3)

Dynamically discover and make

connections (1H)

Available in North

America and EMEA

2018Today

Expand

Ecosystem

Participants

Expand

Tools

Expand

Destinations

Proprietary

Cloud Service

Enterprise Network Service

Provider or

Enterprise

Cloud

Service

Providers

Equinix IBX

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Cloud

Exchange

Network Service Provider pays Equinix for Cloud Exchange

ports and virtual circuits to cloud providers

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