Tail-f Systems Helps Networking Equipment Providers Take the Pain Out of Provisioning Carrier Ethernet Services. http://www.tail-f.com

1. Tail-f Systems Helps Networking Equipment Providers Take the Pain Out of Provisioning Carrier Ethernet Services www.tail-f.com [email_address]

3. Tail-f Systems Overview Business • Growing rapidly • Profitable • Global distribution • Funded by leading European VC Technical • Multiple technical innovations • Leading contributor to standards • Senior development team Market • Leading provider of carrier-grade, on-device management • Powering global production networks • 6/10 largest NEPs are our customers

5. Industry Challenge NEPs are required to provide more complete operations solution Customers expect fast Turn-up and spotless Frequency of change in networks increasing Complexity of service provisioning exploding Voice Services Video Services Mobile Backhaul Access Services OPERATORS must replace manual, error-prone, time consuming steps in service provisioning

8. Examples of Carrier Ethernet Challenges Customers expect fast turn-up and spotless service quality • Mobile operator • Financial institution interconnect • Private line replacements Complexity of provisioning multiplied per service • 20-30 parameters per device • Minimum two devices per change • Lock-step provisioning (service, OAM) Frequency of change in networks increasing • Thousands of CE elements • Tens of thousands of E-services • Service parameters

10. Deployment Scenarios EMS Deployment • Add to existing EMS • Differentiate OAM Layer • Fine-grained, real-time changes OSS Deployment • Integrate with Service Assurance • Reduce cost of adapter maintenance • Accelerate service deployment

12. www.tail-f.com [email_address]