Another step towards Infinite Enterprise

17 August 2021

Extreme Networks yet again confirms that it is one of the fastest growing cloud-driven networking companies in the world. Extreme announced the intent to acquire Ipanema, the SD-WAN division of Infovista. This will expand our market-leading cloud portfolio that helps customers reduce the complexity of operating and managing their increasingly distributed networks.

The way people work, connect, and interact has become more fluid and highly distributed, further extending the edge of the network and in turn creating the Infinite Enterprise. Extreme's solutions power the Infinite Enterprise by leveraging a scalable cloud infrastructure to extend the connectivity required to power consumer-centric experiences anywhere and everywhere.

Ipanema's SASE ecosystem provides increased performance and improved quality of experience, even under diverse conditions across various types of cloud-managed WAN connectivity. The solution adds:

SD-WAN technology which allows for infinite distribution of connectivity across the Infinite Enterprise,
Integrations that would enable distributed security across the Infinite Enterprise,
Application intelligence that would enhance data and analytics capabilities.

Extreme plans to leverage these capabilities to establish an infinitely distributed and secure solution within the ExtremeCloud portfolio – progressing the company's position as one of the world's most advanced cloud platforms. This will add more flexibility, capability, and security when connecting locations, applications, and devices, enabling Extreme to provide the best possible experience to customers and their consumers, wherever they are in their journey toward the Infinite Enterprise.

What is 'Infinite Enterprise'? Listen to Carla Guzzetti and Tim Harrison from the Office of the CTO, as they break it down and explain why it’s important in the future!

Extreme & Europe

The addition of Ipanema will establish a second technology center of excellence for Extreme in Europe and deepen the company's European customer presence. Ipanema has established partnerships with managed services providers and systems integrators across Europe to help customers implement, manage, and scale their cloud-driven SD-WAN installations. Ipanema's solutions are currently deployed in over 100,000 sites and serve more than 400 customers.

By acquiring Ipanema, Extreme extends its market leadership position in cloud with features that will help to reduce complexity for customers when it comes to operating and managing their increasingly distributed networks. We're excited to welcome the Ipanema team to Extreme, where together we'll drive towards our next phase of accelerating growth.

Ed Meyercord, President and CEO, Extreme Networks

By building upon Ipanema's innovation and performance, we'll be able to provide customers more flexible and secure cloud-managed solutions to connect locations, people, applications, services, and devices with even greater speed and finesse.

Nabil Bukhari, Chief Technology Officer, Extreme Networks

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