Meraki

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
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• Focus on technology innovation
Founded in 2006 at MIT, in the cloud since Day 1 - Extensive R&D investments: cloud management systems, indoor andoutdoor 802.11n, routers and security appliances
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• Strong Financial Performance
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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 willgrow 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

Creating new challenges for IT: “How do I support 10x more devices with a fixed staff?” “Howdo I keep BitTorrent from slowing down business apps?” “Is guest WiFi secure, even in my branches?”

Expectations have changed, networks have not
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The cloud: a new technology
Servers / Storage E-Mail / Applications

Networking

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How will the cloud transform networking?
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The cloud increases IT efficiency

Manageability

Scalability

Cost Savings

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Turnkeyinstallation 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%

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Meraki: The recognized leader in Cloud Networking
Over 18,000 customer networks
Education, enterprise, healthcare, retail, government, industrial, hospitality

Recognized for innovation Visionary, Magic Quadrant for WirelessLAN Winner, Mobility and Wireless Product of the Year

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
WAN Management data (1 kb/s)

Reliable
Cloud service provides high availability, configuration backups - Network functions even if management traffic is interrupted
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Secure
No user traffic passes throughcloud - Fully HIPAA / PCI compliant
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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 firmwareupgrades (user-scheduled)

Multi-Site Management

• Searchable network-wide event log • Reporting and analytics

• Cloud-based diagnostic tools
• 1-click port forwarding • Intuitive VLAN configuration • Printer and switch monitoring

User/Device Fingerprinting

Intelligent network automation
• VPN tunnel establishment/NAT traversal • Automatic WAN link balancing and failover • Cloud-basedRF optimization

Application Shaping/QoS

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Rich application, user, and content-aware security
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,...