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Metamako Customer Research

Top Use Cases for Metamako

Multiplexing Connections (order entry)	56%
Tapping	54%
High Resolution Timestamping	53%
Tap Aggregation	52%
Data Broadcast/Market Data replication	46%

Metamako Customer Research

Metamako Use Cases

(other than latency reduction)

Tapping	65%
High Resolution Timestamping	41%
Deploy FPGA applications	30%
Connection Monitoring	29%
Tap Aggregation	29%

Metamako Customer Research

High performance networks need serious buffers.

What % of packet drops are acceptable in a data capture solution?

0%	81%
1% - 9%	19%

Metamako Customer Research

Simplify your network in 2017

Using the same device for Tapping, Aggregation, and Timestamping functions would:

Simplify the network	73%
Reduce costs	56%
Remove points of failure	35%
Makes no real difference	17%

Metamako Customer Research

Metamako Clients: 2017 Goals

Please prioritize the following relative to your organisation’s 2017 goals.

Critically Important - 1 2 3 4 Minimal Importance - 5

Latency reduction
Deterministic performance
Implement SDN strategy
FPGA implementation
Implement 25G, 40G, 100G
Data capture
Improve network monitoring
Devops integration/rollout

Metamako Customer Research

Diverse range of Packet Capture use-cases

What are your top use cases for Metamako devices?

Tapping	63%
Reconfigurable Patch Panel	53%
Multiplexing Connections (Order Entry)	50%
Connection Monitoring	47%
Media Converter	34%
Tap Aggregation	34%
Timestamping	34%
Test Lab	24%
Deploy custom written applications or FPGA code	21%
Circuit Breaker/Kill Switch	18%
Scalable Broadcast	18%
Failover	8%

Metamako Customer Research

Monitoring, Timestamping and Analytics represent a significant upside.

Which non- latency-reduction functions do you use Metamako for?

Tapping	72%
Monitoring	34%
Timestamping	32%
Network problem diagnosis	19%
Analytics	15%
We use it only for latency reduction	13%
Network security	2%
Risk management	2%

Metamako Customer Research

Metamako is well positioned to upgrade much of the most widely deployed packet capture technologies.

What technologies are currently deployed for packet capture?
(regardless of whether Metamako devices are used)

Layer 1 switches	68%
Optical taps	58%
SPAN ports	58%
Aggregation switches	57%
Data capture cards (Endace, etc)	38%
Third party analytics (Corvil, Velocimetrics, etc)	15%
Data capture probes (Gigamon, cPacket, etc)	9%

Metamako Customer Research

Metamako is a technology leader in the top packet capture use cases.

Which functions are are part of your data capture environment?
(regardless of whether Metamako devices are used)

Latency measurement	80%
Timestamping	76%
Realtime network analytics	57%
Back testing	56%
Network problem diagnosis	52%
Compliance captures	50%
Risk management	28%
Security	11%
MIFID II Obligations	7%
Intrusion/Extrusion detection	4%
We do not use data capture	2%

Metamako Customer Research

Within twelve months, which of the following do you plan to implement as part of your network strategy?

10G Ethernet	47%
40G Ethernet	44%
No change planned	33%
25G Ethernet	20%
100G Ethernet	16%
Infiniband	5%

Metamako Customer Research

Tapping is the dominant Metamako data capture use case. Is timestamping the biggest opportunity?

Thinking specifically about your Metamako devices, which non- latency-reduction functions do you use Metamako for?

Tapping	72%
Monitoring	34%
Timestamping	32%
Network problem diagnosis	19%
Analytics	15%
We use it only for latency reduction	13%
Network security	2%
Risk management	2%

Metamako Customer Research

Latency measurement and timestamping are the top data capture use cases among Metamako customers.

Which functions are deployed in your data capture environment?
(regardless of whether Metamako devices are used)

Latency measurement	80%
Timestamping	76%
Realtime network analytics	57%
Back testing	56%
Network problem diagnosis	52%
Compliance captures	50%
Risk management	28%
Security	11%
MIFID II Obligations	7%
Intrusion / Extrusion detection	4%
We do not use data capture	2%

Metamako Customer Research

40G bandwidth is coming.

Within twelve months, which of the following do you plan to implement?

10G Ethernet	47%
40G Ethernet	44%
No change planned	33%
25G Ethernet	20%
100G Ethernet	16%
Infiniband	5%
Omnipath	0%

Metamako Customer Research

Determinism (fixed latency) is viewed as a critical aspect of latency reduction.

Prioritised importance of network device functions.

Critically Important - 1 2 3 4 Minimal Importance - 5

Latency reduction
Deterministic performance
Implement SDN strategy
FPGA implementation
Implement 25G, 40G, 100G
Data capture
Improve network monitoring
Devops integration/rollout

Metamako Use-cases

What are your top use cases for implementing Metamako devices?

Connection Monitoring	46%
Reconfigurable Patch Panel	54%
Media Converter	32%
Failover	5%
Circuit Breaker/Kill Switch	16%
Scalable Broadcast	19%
Tapping	65%
Timestamping	35%
Deploy custom written applications or FPGA code	22%
Test Lab	24%
Multiplexing Connections (Order Entry)	51%
Tap Aggregation	35%

Metamako use-cases

What are Metamako clients using their devices for?

Connection Monitoring	46%
Reconfigurable Patch Panel	54%
Media Converter	32%
Failover	5%
Circuit Breaker/Kill Switch	16%
Scalable Broadcast	19%
Tapping	65%
Timestamping	35%
Deploy custom written applications or FPGA code	22%
Test Lab	24%
Multiplexing Connections (Order Entry)	51%
Tap Aggregation	35%

Key Purchasing Drivers

What were the key drivers for purchasing Metamako devices?

Lower trading latency	98%
Reduce Costs	18%
Gain operational advantages	45%
Meet compliance regulations	15%
Consolidatation of multiple network devices	15%
Other	5%

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Top Use Cases for Metamako

Metamako Use Cases

High performance networks need serious buffers.

Simplify your network in 2017

Metamako Clients: 2017 Goals

Diverse range of Packet Capture use-cases

Monitoring, Timestamping and Analytics represent a significant upside.

Metamako is well positioned to upgrade much of the most widely deployed packet capture technologies.

Metamako is a technology leader in the top packet capture use cases.

Tapping is the dominant Metamako data capture use case. Is timestamping the biggest opportunity?

Latency measurement and timestamping are the top data capture use cases among Metamako customers.

40G bandwidth is coming.

Determinism (fixed latency) is viewed as a critical aspect of latency reduction.

Metamako Use-cases

Metamako use-cases

Key Purchasing Drivers