Adara Networks, founded by internet pioneers, offers a complete portfolio of services focusing on software-defined networking and network functions virtualization. Their products, such as openflow switches and meta controllers, enhance network performance, leading to significant improvements in transactions and ROI for customers. The implementation of SDN has resulted in better quality of service, low latency, and efficient bandwidth usage.

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Karthikeyan Subramaniam / Chief Software Architect / ADARA Networks

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• Founded by the Pioneers
of the Internet
• Experienced Management
• Financially Solid / Highly
Capitalized / High Revenues
• Visionary Leadership
• Proven Product
• Complete Portfolio
• Physical + Virtual Networking
and Computing
• Software Defined Networking
• Network Functions Virtualization

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Firewall IDS / IPS WAN Optimization QoS
(DPI)
Application Firewall
Load
Balancer
ERP
DATA CENTER
• Expensive
• Complex to manage
• Difficult to deliver Network Services
to specific applications
• Failure of single device cause service disruption
• Performance degradation because of the filtering
by multiple networking Hardware
Clients
Internet
Firewall
IDS / IPSWAN Optimization
Campus

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• Network Functions/Services :
Firewall, WAN Optimization &
Load Balancers
• SDN – Abstracted forwarding
Layer (hardware) controlled by
Software
• “Software” is Meta-Controller,
Orchestration and Service
Choreography Manager

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Server 1
Server 2
Internet
vSwitch
Hypervisor
VM1
Apps
VM2
Apps
VM3
Apps
vSwitch
Hypervisor
VM1
Apps
VM2
Apps
VM3
Apps
vSwitch
Hypervisor
VNF 1 VNF 2 VNF 1
VNF 1
Firewall
VNF 2
WAN
Optimization
VNF 3
3rd Party
Load
Balancer
VNF 4
QoS
COMET
Internet
SIRIUS
• OpenFlow as the Service Chaining
Protocol
• Enterprise Network Functions
such as Firewall, WAN Optimization,
Load Balancer and QoS
• Traffic Classification using OpenFlow
• Service Chain is a list of input and
output ports (Virtual & Physical)
connecting VNFs

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• Network Functions
– Firewall
– TCP Acceleration
– Virtual Routing
– WAN Optimization
• Products
– OpenFlow Switch
– Meta Controller
– Orchestration Engine
• Benefit
– 1500% increased Transactions
– 500% increase in WAN Link Utilization
– ROI = 90% / year & 300% / 3years

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• Network Functions
– TCP Acceleration
– Virtual Routing
– WAN Optimization
• Products
– OpenFlow Switch
– Meta Controller
– Orchestration Engine
• Benefit
– 350% increased Transactions
– 195% increase in WAN Link Utilization
– ROI = 75% / year

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Customers have realized significant benefits from SDN implementation
• Better QoS, low latency
• Ability to easily prioritize applications
• More efficient use of bandwidth
• Better DC-DC replication and DR
• Cost savings