Meraki Overview

Company and product introduction

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 and
outdoor 802.11n, routers and security appliances
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Strong Financial Performance

Privately held, backed by Sequoia Capital and Google
- Triple-digit annual revenue growth
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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?
How do 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

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%

Cost Savings

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 Wireless LAN

Winner, Mobility and Wireless

Product of the Year

Technology Pioneer Award

Winner, Best Product

Wireless Solution

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

Cloud Networking architecture

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

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Merakis out-of-band control plane

Scalable
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WAN

Management
data (1 kb/s)

Unlimited throughput: no centralized controller

bottlenecks
Add devices or sites in minutes

Reliable
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Cloud service provides high availability,

configuration backups
Network functions even if management traffic is
interrupted

Secure
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No user traffic passes through cloud

Fully HIPAA / PCI compliant

Complete control from the cloud

User
fingerprints

Application
QoS

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Client
location

Real-time
control

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)

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-based RF optimization

Application Shaping/QoS

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Rich application, user, and content-aware security

Comprehensive security features:

Guest Isolation Firewall

Network Access Control (NAC)

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

Content Filtering

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HIPAA, PCI, and CIPA compliant

High capacity for dense networks

Meraki Beats Cisco by 42% in Wireless Benchmark
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Meraki MR24

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Cisco 3502i

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150
100
50

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15'

30'

50'

75'

100' 150' Loc A Loc B Loc C Loc D

Independent analysis by The Tolly Group comparing throughput of Merakis

MR24 to Ciscos top of the line 3502i.

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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Case Studies

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Customer success across all industries

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Enterprise

Higher Ed

Retail

Healthcare

Hospitality

K-12

Industrial

Government

Products

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802.11n wireless LAN

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

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

Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller

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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

Rugged/outdoor 802.11n wireless LAN

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

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

Meraki Enterprise Cloud Controller

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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

Multi-service branch routers/firewalls

Multi-service router/firewall designed for distributed networks

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

Cloud Services License:

Enterprise Edition
Deploys behind existing firewall
Traffic shaping, user and application
visibility, monitoring, NAT/DHCP/DMZ

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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
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Staff savings
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No specialized training
No added staff

No hidden fees
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No per-user licenses
New features added at no cost
Lifetime warranty
Maintenance and support included

Thank you!

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