ONOS Project Partners with Linux Foundation Driving Innovation by Global Developer Community Guru Parulkar Executive Director ON.Lab and Chairman of the ONOS Board Jim Zemlin Executive Director, Linux Foundation Embargoed until October 13 th 2015

ONOS Project Mission Transform service provider infrastructure with open source SDN/NFV Platforms and Solutions Bring economies of a datacenter and agility of a cloud to service provider infrastructure

ONOS Project Approach Build open source SDN OS for Service Providers – Address the most challenging scale, performance, and HA requirements – Leverage white boxes for servers, switches, and other infrastructure building blocks Build open source SDN/NFV solutions – That can be rapidly deployed in service provider networks – That bring economies of a datacenter and the agility of a cloud Help vendors to create value with open source and white boxes Create a vibrant and sustainable community

ONOS Project Status and Momentum Making Open Source SDN/NFV Real for Service Providers 1.In less than a year, ONOS has established itself as a premier open source SDN project for service providers for their mission critical use cases 2.Strong engagement of service provider and vendor partners to create and deploy ONOS based solutions 3.ONOS Platform based solutions heading towards market trials and deployments 4.ON.Lab has demonstrated technical leadership in shepherding the ONOS community with focus and purpose 5.The ONOS developer community is growing rapidly around the globe and has been contributing features & capabilities

Linux Foundation: Best Open Source Community Platform Global Reach, Infrastructure, Processes Linux Foundation The best name for shepherding open source projects One foundation for reaching developer community across compute, storage, and networking Proven track record for building and nurturing the developer community Global reach to developers in various IT segments around the globe Open source infrastructure and processes leveraged across many open source projects – Drive toward consistency across open source communities

ONOS Project and Linux Foundation Partnership ONOS Project Continue the open source SDN/NFV innovation along with partners Shepherd ONOS and solutions with focus and purpose Manage and deliver timely releases to the ONOS community Manage and deliver use cases and solutions to service providers Lead ONOS promotion and outreach to the global community Help administer the open source project as a part of the overall portfolio Provide guidance and counseling to ONOS project on open source structure & processes Drive curriculum for community training

ONOS and Linux Foundation Partnership A Win-Win for the Developer Community Structured Technology Innovation + Structured Open Source Innovation = Best-in-Class Developer Experience & Community

Platform and Solutions: The Virtuous Cycle Platform Solutions Enable Enrich SDN OS: ONOS CORD Packet-Optical Convergence SDN-IP Peering Anchor Stack COTS Router The best in class open source developer community will accelerate this virtuous cycle!

Platform & Solutions: Moving to Deployment Platform Solutions Enable Enrich POC Lab Trial Market Trial Production Deployment Production Deployment Net Result: ONOS Project and Linux Foundation together have an opportunity to transform service providers’ infrastructure The best in class open source developer community will accelerate production deployments!

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