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WINNER OF THE
           NETWORK
           TRANSFORMATION
           AWARDS 2018

Paving the way for a truly
globa­lized economy
Paving the way for a truly globa lized economy - WINNER OF THE NETWORK TRANSFORMATION AWARDS 2018
Editorial                                                                                               ngena – business alliance of the 21st century

                                                                                                        Leading international telecommunication           on the one hand they get a global network
                                                                                                        companies have formed the Next Genera-            service which is faster to implement, highly
                                                                                                        tion Enterprise Network Alliance – ngena.         secure and reliable, and more flexible and
                                                                                                        Enterprise customers benefit from network         scalable than many current solutions compa-
                                                                    Marcus Hacke   Alessandro Adriani   services, realized on complementary partner       nies use today; on the other hand, business
                                                                                                        networks around the globe. Established in         customers profit from the local access and
                                                                                                        early 2016, ngena has seen so far 21 strong       local care of regional telecommunication
Dear reader,                                                                                            international partners around the globe joining   providers.
                                                                                                        the alliance. Founded by Deutsche Telekom,
Enterprises today are facing a huge range of challenges as                                              CenturyLink, Reliance Jio and SK Telecom, the     ngena – paving the way for a truly
digitalization, globalization and new IT solutions call for inno-                                       alliance has now grown to include a number of     globa­lized economy
vative network solutions. Companies need to interconnect                                                new telecom partners such as A1, Altice with
sites and workforces around the globe with greater flexibility                                          SFR and Portugal Telecom, British Telecom,        ngena comes with a completely new
and agility than ever before. New cloud-based applications                                              China Unicom, Expereo, KPN, MTN, Neutrona,        business model and a new technology in a
are driving demand for greater connectivity and higher band-                                            Starhub, Sunrise, Telus, PCCW Global, VEON        greenfield setting, sharing network assets
widths with premium network performance and security.                                                   and Viettel, along with technology partners       of trusted service providers. With ngena the
                                                                                                        Cisco, Comarch and Equinix.                       alliance partners strive to pave the way for a
To offer a solution that can overcome these customer chal-                                                                                                truly globalized economy.
lenges, leading telecommunication providers from around                                                 ngena – providing data connectivity
the world have joined forces in a shared economy model to                                               services around the globe                         ngena – cutting edge technology –
build the Next Generation Enterprise Network Alliance: ngena.                                                                                             always
Founded in early 2016, ngena provides a global platform that                                            ngena solutions allow enterprises to benefit
merges the local networks of all our alliance partners, forming                                         from consistent data connectivity services        The key enabling cloud and virtualization
a single Software-Defined Network (SDN). Leveraging the ad-                                             around the globe. From a technology               technology for the global platform is provi-
vantages of virtualization technology and automation, ngena                                             perspective, ngena provides a central cloud       ded by our technology partner Cisco. The
facilitates a flexible end-to-end configuration and provisio-                                           platform that uses Software-Defined Net-          Business and Operations Support System
ning of all services. Thus, local alliance partners can deliver                                         working (SDN) technology to merge the local       (BOSS) is developed by Comarch, a portal
consistent data connectivity services to their enterprise                                               networks of all alliance partners into one        where our alliance partners can easily con-
customers on a global scale.                                                                            global Software-Defined Wide Area Network         figure, deploy and change global networks
                                                                                                        (SD-WAN). The architecture is based on            with a click of a mouse. In addition, Equinix
To find out more about ngena and how our global alliance can                                            sharing the local network assets using cloud      offers data center and cloud connectivity
help enterprises around the world to gain greater flexibility and                                       and virtualization technology to provide          service.
efficiency, we invite you to read our company brochure.                                                 hybrid VPN services with additional service
                                                                                                        options (e.g. network optimization services,      Thanks to the agile development ngena will
Marcus Hacke                 Alessandro Adriani                                                         security services, etc.). Through this techno-    always provide future-proof services. The
Managing Director            Managing Director                                                          logy, all alliance partners can deliver inno-     result: a new global business network that is
                                                                                                        vative SD-WAN services to their enterprise        based on the latest technology and the best
                                                                                                        customers on a global scale. Enterprises          possible knowledge of the most advanced
                                                                                                        benefit from this approach in many ways:          experts in the industry.

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ngena – a strong global alliance of
leading telecommunications companies

                             TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS:

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Digitization drives                                                                                                   Global mega trends like the decentraliza-                          market analysts predict that enterprises will
                                                                                                                      tion of workforces, globalization and the                          massively invest in Software-Defined-Wide
global SD-WAN demand                                                                                                  adoption of cloud services will lead to a                          Area Networks (SD-WAN). The market
                                                                                                                      strong increase in bandwidth demand and                            intelligence firm IDC is forecasting that the
                                                                                                                      changes to network technology and net-                             »SD-WAN growth is exploding for at least
                                                                                                                      work designs. To cope with these changes,                          the next 5 years.«

                             Mega Trends
                                           Decentralization: 80% of          Globalization: 41% of                  Bandwidth demand:                      Cloud adoption: 70% of                18% worldwide public
                                           employees and custom-             businesses globally say                21% global business                    large scale enterprises               cloud services market
                                           ers are served in branch          they do business in coun-              IP traffic growth (CAGR)               use cloud applications                growth in 2017
                                           offices                           tries outside their own                2016–2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Effects on SD-WAN
                                           revenue growth (CAGR)             18% decrease in MPLS                   50% of WAN edge                        58% of enterprises                    80% of IP-VPN
                                           2017–2021 for global              revenues expected in                   infrastructure refresh                 will be deploying                     RFPs demanding
                                           SD-WAN infrastructure &           Western Europe by                      initiative based on SD-                SD-WAN services by                    SD-WAN solutions
                                           services                          2020                                   WAN by 2020                            2018/19                               today

                                                                                                                                                 IDC: »SD-WAN growth is exploding
                                                                                                                                                    for at least the next 5 years«.
                                           global SD-WAN                     global VPN market
                                           infrastructure & servic-          in 2022 and CARG
                                                                                                                                                 When will you upgrade to SD-WAN?
                                           es revenue by 2021                of +13%

                                                         Sources: 1. Viptela/Gartner – Cloud needs a new WAN,       5. Gartner – Worldwide Public Cloud Services Market,     (www.gartner.com) • 9. Ovum –IP VPN Forecast (2018–2023),
                                                         Dec. 2016 (viptela.com) • 2. Sage/Populus – Business       Feb. 2017 (www.gartner.com) • 6. IDC – SD-WAN Mar-       Sept. 2017 (ovum.informa.com) • 10. IDC – SD-WAN Market
                                                         Index, June 2014 (www.sage.com) • 3. Cisco – Visual Net-   ket Forecasts, July 2017 (www.idc.com) • 7. IDC – U.S.   Forecasts, July 2017 (www.idc.com) • 11. IDC – SD-WAN
                                                         working Index: Forecast and Methodology, 2016–2021,        SD-WAN Enterprise Survey, May 2017 (www.idc.com) •       Market Forecasts, July 2017 (www.idc.com) • 12. Market
                                                         Sept. 2017 (www.cisco.com) • 4. IDG – Enterprise Cloud     8. Gartner – SD-WAN Forecast and Opportunity – How       Research – Virtual Private Network Report, Global Forecast
                                                         Computing Survey, Nov. 2016 (www.idg.com) •                SD-WAN Will Disrupt the Router Market • Dec 2016         2022, Dec. 2017 (www.marketresearchfuture.com)

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ngena – some facts about us

What is ngena?                                         around the world, ngena is offering a global data        The access lines and all field services are deliv-
                                                       connectivity service that paves the way for a truly      ered by ngena’s partners operating in different
ngena is an acronym and stands for Next Genera­        globalized economy. Currently, ngena offers its          countries, where the customers are active.
tion Enterprise Network Alliance, an alliance of       services in ca. 200 territories worldwide.
global telecommunications companies. At the                                                                     Special attention is paid to the security aspects
same time, it is the company name of ngena             How does ngena provide                                   of the ngena network and platform: they are
GmbH, which is a private limited company (GmbH),       its services?                                            designed by keeping core principles of security
headquartered in Frankfurt (Germany).                                                                           like authentication, encryption and data integrity
                                                       By using latest SDN technology based on Cisco-           in mind. The security guidelines are implemented
Which partners does ngena                              Viptela equipment and an innovative, Cloud-based         globally for data plane, control plane and manage-
collaborate with?                                      Business and Operations Support System (BOSS)            ment plane using encryption, security policies,
                                                       developed by Comarch, ngena interconnects the            automation and orchestration, thus keeping the
ngena is building an alliance of the world’s leading   local networks of all its alliance partners to build a   customer data highly protected.
telecommunication companies. Each alliance             world-wide available Software-Defined Wide Area
partner has a unique positioning in its region         Network (SD-WAN). Leveraging the advantages of           How does ngena differ from other
and vast experience with enterprise customers.         virtualization technology and automation, ngena          alliances in the telecommunications
Through these partnerships, ngena clients profit       facilitates a flexible end-to-end configuration and      sector?
from a global network that is not just secure, but     provisioning of all services.
also provides great coverage in each region and                                                                 ngena differs in many ways from other alliances.
outstanding local services.                            As ngena’s portfolio is a wholesale offer for part-      First, ngena is an independent legal entity with its
                                                       ners, enterprise customers deal directly with their      own management and truly focused on fulfilling
What kind of service                                   trusted local service provider – an ngena alliance       customer requirements with fast decision making.
does ngena offer?                                      partner – who will configure and administrate the        Second, ngena acts as a wholesale organization
                                                       customer network via ngena’s BOSS portal.                enabling the partners to sell superior services to
ngena provides a central cloud platform that                                                                    their customers. ngena is not a consortium, but
merges the local networks of all alliance partners,    This central portal serves as a front-end, giving        a market-oriented enterprise, a fact that benefits
forming a single global Software-Defined Wide          alliance partners access to an end-to-end auto­          every single partner. Finally, ngena has created
Area Network (SD-WAN). All ngena partners can          mated IT platform that offers and delivers the           its own platform which is completely automated
deliver performant IP-VPN services to their end        global network solutions. The portal enables the         and uses SDN technology. This approach goes far
customers on a global scale. With this, enterprise     configuration, fulfillment and assurance of global       beyond existing concepts.
customers get a global network service which is        network services with all financial, logistics and
secure, stable, scalable and easy to use; and they     support processes.
profit from the local access and local care of their
regional telecommunication provider.                   For each customer site, alliance partners can offer
                                                       a choice of single or redundant low-cost Internet
In which territories are ngena’s                       lines, single or redundant high-quality Ethernet lines
services available?                                    or a combination of Internet and Ethernet lines.
                                                       Additional value-added services like network opti­
As customers of the ngena alliance partners are        mization or security services are also available via
multinational enterprises that have operations all     ngena’s central portal.

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ngena’s global infrastructure:
Regional hubs and backbone network

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 	ngena’s backbone (existing and planned*)
   ngena’s hubs
 	ngena’s planned* hubs

* The information on planned developments in
  this overview is a non-binding estimation only
  and it may be changed at any time.

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ngena’s platform and access design                                                        A set of innovative access designs

                                                                                                   ngena Hub

                                                                                                          Node 1
                                                                                                                               Customer site        	
                                                                                                                                                 Access Gateway
                                                                                          XS                                                      	
                                                                                                                                                 Service Termination
                                                                                                          Node 2
                                                                                                                                                 Point of B-End
                                                                                                                                                 Alliance Partner

                                                                                                   ngena Hub
                                                                                                                               Customer site
                                                                                                           Node 1
                                                                                                                                                 Internet
                                                                                                                                                 Public Line

                                                                                          S
                                                                                                           Node 2
                                                                                                                                                 Ethernet
                                                                                                                                                 Private Line

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                                                                                                                                                 Alliance Partner
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                                                                                                           Node 2                                ngena CPE

Internet
                                                                                                                                                  	
Public Line
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                                                                                                                               Customer site     Point of ngena
                                                                                                           Node 1
Ethernet
Private Line
                                                                                          L
                                                                                                           Node 2
ngena CPE

                                                                                                   ngena Hub
                                                                                                                               Customer site
Design principles
                                                                                                           Node 1
• ngena managed SD-WAN++ offers               • All access designs configurable with
   comprehensive hybrid VPN services              one portal and seamless processes
• Global private backbone and regional        • End-to-end orchestration and full       XL
   data center hubs                               automation
• Access designs from XS to XL offer single   • Broad set of additional functions and                    Node 2

   or redundant Internet or Ethernet access       value-added services

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Architectural                               •n gena managed SD-WAN++ offers public and        • ngena offers a variety of value-added services
                                              private cloud access plus a network-to-network      like advanced security services, application
principles                                    integration (MPLS VPN Interworking), linking        optimization services and advanced network
                                              existing MPLS VPNs with innovative Software-        services
                                              Defined Wide Area Networks                       • Regional or local Internet breakouts are secured
                                            • Global private backbone and regional data          by special firewalls and further security services
                                               center hubs are the foundation of the global    • Customers can choose between a number of
                                               SDN, connecting alliance partners networks         different access designs from XS to XL, offering
                                               around the world                                   single or redundant Internet or Ethernet access;
                                            • All services come with global Service Level        a normadic access services can connect remote
                                               Agreements (SLA)                                   workers to their enterprise VPNs.

                                  Network Health         regional ngena Hubs +                                               Alliance Partner
                                    Dashboard            global ngena Backbone                                                   Network

                                                                                                    Nomadic Access Services
                                                               ngena VPN
                                                                                                                                                                 vEdge CPE
                                        MPLS VPN                                                                                                       on x86 CPE
                       MPLS VPN
                                       Interworking                   Advanced
                                                                       Security
                                                                                                    Access Design XL / XL+

                                                                                                                                                                  Application Optimization
                                                                                                                                              Advanced Network

                                                                                                                                                                                             Advanced Security
                                          Global
                                           SLA                      Application                     Access Design L / L+

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 (local access)
                                                                    Optimization

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Internet
                                                                                                    Access Design M / M+ / M-
                                          Cloud
                                         Connect                      Advanced                      Access Design S / S+
                                                                       Network
                                                                                                    Access Design XS

                                                                       Internet                                 Internet
                                                                  (regional access)                          (local access)
                                                                                                                                  Secure Tunnel
                                                                                                                                 to 3rd Party CSP

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