1. © 2011 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. Network Virtualization Unlocking the IT Transformation Alan S. Cohen Vice President, Marketing

2. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. Network Virtualization Network is the 3 rd and Final Leg in the Virtualization/Cloud Trifecta $100B IT Transformation Time to bring the operational state of the network to the level of compute…unlocks compute and storage virtualization driving cloud Networking is Shifting from Hardware to Software Intelligence, control and services moving to software Hardware moving to Layer 3 Fabric (packet forwarding) Nicira’s Network Virtualization Decouples Network Hardware from Software Changes the CAPEX equation Reinvents the operational paradigm Creates a platform for innovation (services)

3. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. The Biggest Transformation IT in 30 Years Enterprise Data Centers Service Provider Multi-Tenant Cloud Any Application / Data Any Location Multi-Data Center

4. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. The Network is the Barrier to Cloud Any Location ComputeStorage Compute & Storage Virtualization Network Applications Are Still Bound to Physical Hardware & Topology Barrier to Cloud Any Application / Data Decoupled Inflexible Workload Placement & Mobility Limited Multi-Tenancy Poor Programmatic Contr ol

5. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. Network Virtualization Unlocks “The Trifecta” Any Location ComputeStorage Compute & Storage Virtualization Network Network Virtualization Any Application / Data Decoupled

6. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. What is Network Virtualization? ComputeStorage Compute & Storage Virtualization Network Network Virtualization Decouples Completely decouples logical and physical network Reproduces Faithfully reproduces existing network services in logical space Secure Isolation Enables secure Isolation between logical networks and between logical networks and the underlying physical network Programmatic Control Provides a RESTful API for control and automated provisioning Gateway Offers gateway to legacy systems to enable non-disruptive integration an migration Platform Open network services API allows development of innovative & differentiated network services On Any Hardware Operates on any physical network infrastructure requires only IP connectivity

7. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. Key Capabilities for Enterprise and Government Multi-Tenant Clouds Elastic ScaleMobilityWAN is LANSecurity Legacy GatewayGranular Usage-based Accounting CMS IntegrationA Platform for Innovation & Differentiated Services L2 RESTful API WANMGT Open Platform API WAN $/Service/Port/Hour

8. © 2012 Nicira. All rights reserved. CONFIDENTIAL. About Nicira: Creators and Leaders CategoryLeadership FoundersFounded 2007 : Martin Casado & Nick McKeown (Stanford), Scott Shenker (UC Berkeley). “Fathers” of Software-Defined Networking VisionVirtualize the Network MissionBusiness Velocity and Efficiency through Cloud CustomersProduction and Production Trials with Elite Cloud Computing Leaders in SP, Enterprise and Government Industry Contributions Creators of OpenFlow, Open vSwitch and Open Network Foundation Creator and Leader of Quantum Network Service in OpenStack Team, Investors Execs from Networking Leaders (Cisco, Juniper, etc.) Engineers from Distributed Systems (VMware, Google, Yahoo, PhDs) Raised $50M from leading Venture Capitalists and Industry Innovators: Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed, NEA, and Diane Greene