AI-Powered
Cloud Service Wi-Fi
Ronny Haraldsvik
SVP/CMO
Chicago, October 18, 2016
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Disrupting a $12B Wi-Fi Equipment
Market with an AI-Powered Wi-Fi
Network as-a Subscription Model
Our Vision is to Make Complex Simple with AI-Powered
Cloud Network Services
KodaCloud.com
@KodaCloud
p: 85-KodaWiFi
Silicon Valley, USA
Ottawa, Canada
Enterprise Customers Need Help from IT in the Cloud
75%
37%
…of network issues are
identified by end users
19%
Growing
90%
…of time spent is
…of downtime is due to
identifying the problem
human error
13% 68%
Innovating
Problem Solving
Gartner: 2014 Enterprise IT Spending
Cloud + AI Can Help Reduce Downtime & Improve Time to Revenue
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Small to Medium Enterprises Want Wi-Fi as-a Service
There are 27 Million Small Businesses in the USA (US Consensus Bureau)
64% Interested
34% Neutral
50%
45%
46% Interested
40% Neutral
62% Interested
33% Neutral
40%
35%
30%
25%
20%
15%
10%
5%
0%
Less than 100
100-200
Very willing
Willing
Neutral
More than 200
Unwilling
Very unwilling
Interest in Wi-Fi as Cloud Service by company size
Research, October 2016
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Cloud Service Wi-Fi That’s Powered by AI
Industry’s First AI Services Platform for Enterprise Customers
Affordable
Subscriptions
Free SW
Upgrades
Drop-Ship to
any location
24/7
Proactive
Monitoring
No Capex Investment by
Customer or Partners
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KodaCloud collects detailed
information from Access
Points and present the
information to the AI system
who reacts at machine speed,
capacity and cost
Other Cloud Wi-Fi Systems collect
information and present the information
to people to who analyze and react at
human capacity, cost and speed
Artificial Intelligence for Wi-Fi and Services
• Adaptive Expert System performs network optimization at machine speed
• Integrated Machine Learning tracks site specific and global parameters
• Broadly applicable beyond WLAN, into IoT, Switching, etc.
Radius
DHCP
RF
2.4GHz
.1x
Best AP
Best AP
BYOD
DNS
Channel
5.0GHz
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Spectrum
KodaCloud’s Service Automates Complex Functions
Users & Devices
Network Layer
AP
AP SW Agent for Monitoring and Control
Cloud
Smart Data and Event Collection, Reporting and Management Framework
Site
Specific
Knowledge
Learning Engine
Analytics Engine
Expert System
Cross-layer Learning
Expert and Application
Rules and Decision
Trees
Proactive QoE monitoring
and metric-based estimation
UI
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Proactive Problem
Identification and
Correction
Web Portal and Mobile App
Customer IT View
(Simplified)
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Auto Configuration and
Optimization
Global
Knowledge
A2W Support View
(Detailed)
KodaCloud AI is “IT in the Cloud”
Artificial Intelligence Proactively Monitors and Fix Network Issues
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Operational
Policies &
Algorithms
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Learn to
Prevent (AI)
Statistic determine
if the channel algorithm
needs updating
Auto
Diagnose
Root
Cause
Immediate
Mitigation
Move client to different band?
Move client to different AP?
Change the AP channel?
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Auto
Detect
Issue
Monitor
Audit
Reduction
of Issues
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4
Monitor network health
Internal alarms
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Diagnosing Checklist
Additional measurements
Identify root cause
If not confident of root cause,
then alarm
KodaCloud Proactive Monitoring with AI
Artificial Intelligence Proactively Monitors and Fix Network Issues
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AI-Powered Cloud Service Wi-Fi Makes Us Unique
Proactive 24/7 Monitoring & Troubleshooting
99%
Of all devices
connected to
the best radio
200%
Average
improvement per
auto-corrected issue
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14 Patents: AI & Internal
Cloud
Control Plane Related
& Confidential
For Small & Medium Enterprises
“With multiple locations and no ability to hire dedicated
IT staff for every location, and a company that’s growing
every month, we needed a simple network solution that
could run itself and scale with our growing needs.”
“With KodaCloud, we were delighted to experience the
benefits of cloud service Wi-Fi, a service that allows us to
focus on growing our business.”
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For Managed Services Providers (MSP)
“The cloud service delivers on its promise. With KodaCloud,
iTrust IT has improved the ability to deliver better customer
service, more rapidly and profitably, to both our existing as
well as new clients, across a number of different verticals –
without making investments into our own cloud or Network
Operating Center (NOC).”
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KodaCloud’s Service is Essential to Key Applications
Small & Medium Businesses Are Migrating to Opex-Based Services Models
Firewall &
Security
Software as a
Service (SaaS)
QoS & Policy
Enforcement
Great Interest in Services Beyond Wi-Fi
VoIP
UCC
Medium SMB
UCC
Web
Filtering
Firewall
QoS
Location
Interested
45.0%
48.0%
65.0%
48.0%
55.0%
Neutral
33.0%
42.0%
28.0%
43.0%
30.0%
Not interested
22.0%
10.0%
7.0%
9.0%
15.0%
Research, October 2016
Video
Conferencing
Email & IM
Employee/month pricing models
Wireless
Connectivity
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Growing List of Customers and Partners
50+ Paying Customers
500+ Access Points Managed
Mountainfield LLC
100+ Active Partners
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KodaCloud Part of a Growing NaaS + AI Market
Unique AI-powered Cloud Service Wi-Fi for Enterprises and Hotels
• Industry’s 1st Artificial Intelligence-driven Cloud Service
• 14 Patents: Cloud and AI
• Proven & experienced team
Just getting started…
• 100 Partners (MSP) & 500+ Access Points Managed
• Grow to 1,000 partners & 5,000 customers
• Market focus on US & Canada (global expansion in 2017)
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KodaCloud Launched at MSP World, October 10-11
KodaCloud Received MSP Alliance’s Award for “Best Cloud Solution”
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Confidential
Makes Complex Simple with
AI-Powered Cloud Network Services
KodaCloud.com
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@KodaCloud
p: 85-KodaWiFi
Silicon Valley, USA
NDA Confidential
Ottawa, Canada
EXECUTIVE
TEAM
Wi-Fi, Mobile and Enterprise Experience. Startup Creation/Exits (M&A) + IPO
Bernard Herscovici
Founder & CEO
• BelAir Networks
o CEO & Founder
o Acquired: Ericsson
• Breezecom Inc.
o CEO
o IPO
Subbu Ponnuswamy
CTO
Marcel Chenier
VP of Engineering
Aruba Networks
Ericsson
o Distinguished Engineer
o Head of Wi-Fi Products
Kiwi Networks
BelAir Networks
o SVP Engineering
o Acquired: Ericsson
Zhone Technologies,
Nortel Networks
Huw Rees
VP of Sales
8x8
o VP Sales at 8x8
o IPO
Mitel
Ronny Haraldsvik
SVP Marketing
SpiderCloud Wireless
BelAir Networks
o Acquired: Ericsson
Bytemobile
o Acquired: Citrix
Qualcomm
o VP Mobile Broadband
Flarion Technologies
o Acquired: Qualcomm
Shasta Networks
o Acquired: Nortel Networks
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Bay Networks
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o Acquired: Nortel Networks
Paul Chatigny, CA, CPA
Director of Finance
HCM Works
o VP/Corporate Controller
TSX Mining
o CFO