Paving the way for a truly globa lized economy

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1 Paving the way for a truly globa lized economy

2 Editorial business alliance of the 21st century Dear reader, enterprises today are facing a huge range of challenges as digitization, globalization and new IT solutions call for innovative network solutions. Companies need to interconnect sites and workforces around the globe with greater flexibility and agility than ever before. New cloud-based applications are driving demand for greater connectivity and higher bandwidths with premium network performance and security. To offer a solution that can overcome these customer challenges, leading telecommunication providers from around the world are joining forces in a shared economy model to build the Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance:. Founded in early 2016, provides a global platform that merges the local networks of all our alliance partners, forming a single Software Defined Network (SDN). Leveraging the advantages of virtualization technology and automation, facilitates a flexible end-to-end configuration and provisioning of all services. Thus, local alliance partners can deliver consistent data connectivity services to their end customers on a global scale. To find out more about and how our global alliance can help enterprises around the world to gain greater flexibility and efficiency, we invite you to read our company brochure. Marcus Hacke Managing Director Alessandro Adriani Managing Director Marcus Hacke Alessandro Adriani Leading international telecommunication companies are forming the Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance. Business customers benefit from network services, realized on complementary partner networks around the globe. Founded in early 2016, has seen more than 17 strong international partners around the globe joining the alliance. Founded by Deutsche Telekom, CenturyLink, Reliance Jio and SK Telecom, the alliance has now grown to include a number of new telecom partners such as A1, Altice with SFR and Portugal Telecom, Expereo, KPN, MTN, Neutrona, Starhub, Telus, PCCW Global and VEON plus technology partners Cisco, Comarch and Equinix. And there are more to come. providing data connectivity services around the globe solutions allow enterprises to benefit from consistent data connectivity services around the globe. From a technology perspective, provides a central cloud platform that merges the local networks of all alliance partners, forming a single global Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD- WAN). The architecture is based on sharing the local network assets using cloud and virtualization technology to provide hybrid VPN services with additional service options (e.g. network optimization services, security services etc.). Thus, all local partners can deliver performant data connectivity services to their end customers on a global scale. Enterprises benefit from this approach in many ways: on the one hand they get a global network service which is secure, stable, scalable and easy to use; on the other hand, they profit from the local access and local care of regional telecommunication providers. paving the way for a truly globa lized economy comes with a completely new business model and a new technology in a greenfield setting, sharing network assets of trusted service providers. With the alliance partners strive to pave the way for a truly globalized economy. cutting edge technology Always The key enabling cloud and virtualization technology for the global platform will be provided by our technology partner Cisco. Our technology partner Equinix is providing data center services and cloud connectivity services, while our partner Comarch developed the business and operations support system (BOSS), a portal with which our alliance partners can easily configure, deploy and change global networks with a click of a mouse. Thanks to the agile development will always provide future-proof services. The result: a new global business network that is based on the latest technology and the best possible knowledge of the most advanced experts in the industry.

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4 Digitization drives global SD-WAN demand Global mega trends like the decentralization of workforces, globalization and the adoption of cloud services will lead to a strong increase in bandwidth demand and a change to network technology and network designs. To cope with these changes, market analysts predict that enterprises will massively invest in software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN). The market intelligence firm IDC is forecasting that the»sd-wan growth is exploding for at least the next 5 years.«when will you upgrade to an SD-WAN? Mega Trends Decentralization: 80% of employees and customers are served in branch offices Globalization: 41% of businesses globally say they do business in countries outside their own Bandwidth demand: 21% global business IP traffic growth (CAGR) Cloud adoption: 70% of large scale enterprises use cloud applications 18% worldwide public cloud services market growth in 2017 Effects on SD-WAN revenue growth (CAGR) for global SD-WAN infrastructure & services 12% decrease in MPLS revenues expected in Western Europe by % of WAN edge infrastructure refresh initiative based on SD- WAN by % of enterprises will be deploying SD-WAN services by 2018/19 80% of IP-VPN RFPs demanding SD-WAN solutions today global SD-WAN infrastructure & services revenue by 2021 global VPN market in 2022 and CARG of +13% IDC:»SD-WAN growth is exploding for at least the next 5 years«. Sources: 1. Viptela/Gartner Cloud needs a new WAN, Dec (viptela.com) 2. Sage/Populus Business Index, June 2014 ( 3. Cisco Visual Networking Index: Forecast and Methodology, , Sept ( 4. IDG Enterprise Cloud Computing Survey, Nov ( 5. Gartner Worldwide Public Cloud Services Market, Feb ( 6. IDC SD-WAN Market Forecasts, July 2017 ( 7. IDC U.S. SD-WAN Enterprise Survey, May 2017 ( 8. Gartner SD-WAN Forecast and Opportunity How SD-WAN Will Disrupt the Router Market Dec 2016 ( 9. Ovum IP VPN Forecast: , June 2015 (ovum.informa.com) 10. IDC SD-WAN Market Forecasts, July 2017 ( 11. IDC SD-WAN Market Forecasts, July 2017 ( 12. Market Research Virtual Private Network Report, Global Forecast 2022, Dec (

5 some facts about us What is? First of all, is an abbreviation and stands for»next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance«, an alliance of global telecommunications companies. At the same time, it is the company name of GmbH, which is a privately held, limited company (GmbH) headquartered in Frankfurt (Germany). What partners will collaborate with? is building an alliance of the world s leading telecommunication companies. Each company has a unique positioning in its region and vast experience with enterprise customers. Through these partnerships, clients profit from a global network that is not just secure, but also provides great coverage in each region and good local services. What kind of service does offer? provides a central cloud platform that merges the local networks of all alliance partners, forming a single global Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). All partners can deliver performant IP-VPN services to their end customers on a global scale. With this, enterprise customers get a global network service which is secure, stable, scalable and easy to use; and they profit from the local access and local care of their regional telecommunication provider. In which countries will initially be available? As customers of the alliance partners are multinational enterprises that have operations all around the world, is offering a global data connectivity service that paves the way for a truly globalized economy. Currently, offers its services in ca. 200 countries worldwide. How will provide its services? provides a global platform that merges the local networks of all its alliance partners, forming a single Software Defined Network (SDN). Leveraging the advantages of virtualization technology and automation, facilitates a flexible end-to-end configuration and provisioning of all services. With s shared network, local alliance partners can deliver consistent data connectivity services to their end customers on a global scale. As s portfolio is a wholesale offer for partners, end customers deal directly with their trusted local service provider an alliance partner who will configure and administrate the customer network via s central business and operations support system (BOSS) portal. This central portal serves as a front-end, giving alliance partners access to an end-toend automated IT platform that offers and delivers the global network solutions. The portal enables the configuration, fulfillment and assurance of global network services with all financial, logistics and support processes. For each customer site, alliance partners can offer a choice of single or redundant low-cost Internet lines, single or redundant high-quality Ethernet lines or a combination of Internet and Ethernet lines. Additional value-added services like network optimization or security services are also available via s central portal. The access lines and all field services will be delivered by s partners operating in the different countries, in which the customers are active. How does differ from other alliances in the telecommunications sector? differs in many ways from other alliances. First, is an independent legal entity with its own management and truly focused on fulfilling customer requirements with fast decision making. Second, acts as a wholesale organization enabling the partners to sell superior services to their customers. is not a consortium, but a market-oriented enterprise, a fact that benefits every single partner. Finally, has create its own platform which is completely automated and uses SDN technology. This approach goes far beyond existing concepts.

6 s worldwide network and data center hubs Helsinki Vancouver Hong Kong San Jose Ashburn Frankfurt Bejing Seoul Vancouver Miami Dubai Mumbai Hong Kong Sydney Singapore San Jose s coverage as per Feb Ethernet Privat Line () & Internet Public Line () Internet Public Line () Sao Paulo Johannesburg Sydney s backbone and hub rollout in 2018 s backbone s live hubs s planned hubs Disclaimer Backbone connections are illustrative only. Additional hubs under consideration.

7 s platform and access design A set of innovative access designs Hub XS management & customer portals Hub Backbone Hub S Hub Internet Public Line Ethernet Private Line Hub M L Hub Hub Service Termination Point of B-End Alliance Partner Line Termination device of B-End Alliance Partner Service Termination Point of Design principles managed SD-WAN++ offers comprehensive hybrid VPN services Global private backbone and regional data center hubs designs from XS to XL offer single or redundant Internet or Ethernet access All access designs configurable with one portal and seamless processes End-to-end orchestration and full automation Broad set of additional functions and value-added services XL Hub CPE Internet Public Line Ethernet Private Line

8 Architectural principles managed SD-WAN++ offers public and private cloud access plus a network-to-network integration (MPLS VPN Interworking), linking existing MPLS VPNs with innovative software-defined wide area networks Global private backbone and regional data center hubs are the foundation of the global SDN, connecting alliance partners networks around the world All services come with global Service Level Agreements (SLA) offers a variety of valueadded services like advanced security services, application optimization services and advanced network services Regional or local Internet breakouts are secured by firewalls and further security services Customers can choose between a number of different access designs from XS to XL, offering single or redundant Internet or Ethernet access; Normadic Services can connect remote workers to enterprise VPNs regional Hubs + global Backbone Alliance Partner Network VPN Nomadic Services Public Cloud MPLS VPN Private Cloud MPLS VPN Interworking Global SLA Cloud Connect Advanced Security Application Optimization Advanced Network Design»XL«Design»L«Design»M«Design»S«Design»XS«on x86 CPE Advanced Security Application Optimization Advanced Network Internet (local access) Internet (regional access)

9 Follow us linkedin.com/company/ bit.ly/_on_youtube twitter.com/gmbh xing.com/companies/gmbh.net.net/infokit Contact us GmbH Hahnstrasse Frankfurt Germany Managing Directors Dr. Marcus Hacke, Alessandro Adriani Head of Supervisory Board Patrick Molck-Ude Commercial register Amtsgericht Bonn HRB February 2018