New SD-WAN and AIOps solutions coming to Extreme portfolio

It's time to take back control!

08 June 2022

Imagine being able to see every asset connected to your network. Imagine putting tools in everyone’s hand so they can work smarter. Imagine the peace of mind knowing you’re proactive about the issue before it becomes a crisis. That’s the kind of control your Infinite Enterprise is now getting with the ExtremeCloud portfolio!

Let’s admit it: long before the pandemic, networks were already stretched thin and many IT teams struggled to keep the acceptable Quality of Service (QoS). Today, the stakes are even higher.

Employees now work from anywhere they can get a reliable connection. New, smaller branch offices spring up like mushrooms. Everyone’s using cloud applications that invade workflows and bog down the network. So the network connections you have to secure are continuing to increase, the number of applications you have to support are continuing to grow, and the different devices that access your network are continuing to multiply.

More pressure and more demand means even less control and visibility.

Is there a way to take back control? Grow the network *and* establish a high Quality of Service, reduce risk and lower operational costs? This is where investing in an intelligent WAN edge becomes vital. And for that reason, a new suite of Extreme solutions enables customers to deliver secure connectivity at the edge of the network, speed cloud deployments and uncover actionable insights – all from within a single platform!

ExtremeCloud SD-WAN

SD-WAN is the missing link to getting back control of your network. Our newest solution helps you simplify your complex network environment, by providing it with central control, reliable performance, secure connections, and the most valuable TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) in the market.

With ExtremeCloud SD-WAN, your organization can:

connect distributed locations (e.g., branch offices, retail stores, school buildings) to other sites as well as cloud-based applications, data, and services,
manage your wired, wireless and SD-WAN from a single platform, simplifying end-to-end IT management and reducing operational complexity,
achieve exceptional application performance for all critical applications like voice and video, whether they are hosted in the cloud or on-premises,
detect and classify over 4,000 applications, monitor performance for all traffic flows, and perform dynamic path selection to ensure low latency and quality user experience, wherever your users connect,
gain more visibility with a single, centralized view of application performance on your network and access to detailed reporting and performance data,
enhance security by leveraging a range of options from built-in firewall to advanced cloud security features such as EdgeSentry (powered by Check Point) or Secure Web Gateway capabilities from Palo Alto Networks, Zscaler, and Symantec.
Improve TCO via a simple, cost-effective, all-inclusive subscription licensing model that includes hardware, software, a unique Customer Success program, 7x24x365 global technical support and next business day advanced hardware replacement to get the most out of your SD-WAN investment.

Here’s what our partners and customers have to say about ExtremeCloud SD-WAN!

As a highly dispersed organization, it’s critical that we have visibility and control over all of the applications running across our business and can ensure that we can optimize the performance of those applications as needed. With ExtremeCloud SD-WAN, we now have a secure, reliable and cost-effective way to manage our network from within a single platform – which removes significant burden to our IT staff and helps create more operational efficiency across the board.

Claudio Libera, Network Manager, Banca Popolare di Sondrio

The success of cloud networking in any organization will be predicated on the breadth and depth of features, simplicity and return on investment. Layering SD-WAN into a very feature-rich cloud solution with AI/ML, analytics and secure connectivity will provide enterprises with a cost-effective and highly efficient way to manage their highly dispersed businesses.

Alan Weckel, Founder and Technology Analyst, 650 Group

What is SD-WAN and why does it matter? Download our free e-book guide!

ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot AIOps

ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot AIOps solution is now available with several new features designed to improve deployment and day-to-day operations, while reducing business risk. The most important ones are explainable AI/ML and the industry’s first networking digital twin.

With ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot AIOps, your organization can:

simplify staging, validation and deployment of switches and access points from the cloud with new digital twin capabilities. Eliminate weeks or months associated with hardware deployments by first creating a digital twin to ensure smooth roll outs,
reduce mean time to resolution leveraging explainable AI/ML to distinguish network anomalies and help IT and network administrators see, verify and trust proactive insights,
efficiently use IT resources with features like automated ticketing, which does not require customer action,
manage the network from any device using ExtremeCloud IQ Companion. IT teams can flexibly manage operations and gain real-time visibility into the network, regardless of location or device.

Learn more about ExtremeCloud CoPilot!

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Here’s what our partners and customers have to say about ExtremeCloud IQ CoPilot AIOps!

CoPilot is a game changer – its ability to proactively detect anomalies, prioritize actions and provide clear and meaningful insights is so far beyond what we’ve experienced in any other AIOps solution. We expect it will help to reduce risk across our organization, while freeing up our IT team to focus on fixing issues before they happen, not after they’ve caused a significant disruption to business.

Jim Burke, Chief Information Officer, John Carroll University

Productive and collaborative IT staff and teams, from networking to security to development and from engineering to operations to support, require complete network visibility and control to deliver on the full promise of networking in this hyper-connected digital era. Comprehensive network intelligence and insights serve to bolster service quality, problem resolution, threat mitigation and digital innovation. CoPilot’s emphasis on problem avoidance is a differentiated approach to applying AI/ML across the network. Further, leveraging a digital twin in a cloud networking environment will provide the confidence that investments are optimized, and system and service adjustments are battle tested.

Mark Leary, Research Director, Network Analytics & Automation, IDC

Extending Universal Platforms with the new 5720 Universal Switch

The list of new Extreme solutions announced at the Extreme Connect 2022 is topped off by the 5720 Switch, the latest in a series of high-performance, feature-rich wired Universal Switches for enterprise deployments.

The benefits of the 5720 Universal Switch include:

support for multiple deployment use cases makes it easy for customers to run their networking operating system of choice, while preserving hardware and associated licenses,
the ability to automate network operations, streamline network provisioning and enhance security as a result of support for Extreme’s Fabric Connect.

Learn more about the benefits of extending Extreme Fabric Connect to your remote branches!

Top 10 benefits of extending Extreme Fabric Connect to your remote office

What is the actual business value of extending Extreme Fabric Connect to your remote office? We’ve put together not three, not five but ten strong reasons – all to make it easier for you to make a decision!

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