Thriving Networking Markets in the Middle East and Africa to Benefit from Extreme's Industry-First Fully Automated Secure Networking Solution

Extreme Networks launches first post-acquisition integrated solution for businesses as IT spending set to reach US$155.8 billion in 2017

Dubai, UAE – In the rapidly-evolving and increasingly-connected global business world, IT managers are in need of an easier and faster way to manage billions of connected devices expected to overload networks with data in 2017 alone, according to a recent study by Gartner. As a market leader offering best-in-class solutions, Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) has launched Extreme Automated Campus™, a cost-effective alternative to outdated traditional networking solutions that delivers plug-and-play simplicity and enables businesses to be more agile by reducing the time and resources spent on managing complex networks.

The launch of this industry-first solution comes just two months after Extreme Networks’ acquisition of Avaya’s networking business, and combines Avaya’s renowned Fabric Connect infrastructure, Extreme Networks’ market-leading Extreme Management Center™ and  top-ranked support services to eliminate networking complexity, increase security and deliver increased visibility into the network.

The decision to launch the full-service network solution in the MEA region comes as an increasing number of firms across a range of industries, from healthcare to telecoms, banking to manufacturing, consider digitalization as crucial to their progress. According to the International Data Corporation (IDC), the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Internet of Things (IoT) market is expected to reach US$7.8 billion in 2017.

“The Internet of Things market in the Middle East is evolving rapidly as more and more organizations are investing in digitalization,” said John Morrison, EMEA Vice President Sales and Services, at Extreme Networks. “As such, effectively managing the vast networks of connected devices created through BYOD policies and the deployment of greater volumes of smart devices and sensors has become highly complex. That’s where Extreme Networks’ experience and commitment helps businesses secure network, improve and realize the full potential of IoT.”

Dan Dulac, Vice President, Product Management & Solution Strategy, Extreme Networks, Inc, added, “When we acquired Avaya’s networking business, we promised to deliver a stronger combined value proposition that leveraged each company’s core strengths to best serve customers. The introduction of our first integrated solution delivers on this promise just two months since the closure of the acquisition. We developed Extreme Automated Campus to give both Avaya and Extreme Networks customers the best of both worlds by providing a leading end-to-end software-driven solution from the core to the wired/wireless edge – and in this case, an automated, secure, policy-enabled campus architecture that is easy to manage.”

Now featuring more than 1,500 unique deployments, spanning every industry, Fabric Connect is proven to deliver a much more efficient and faster service and repair facility, resulting in a 100% reduction in outages caused by human error, according to the Fabric Connect Customer Experience Research Report. With this announcement, Extreme Networks’ wired and wireless edge products have been integrated into the Fabric Connect architecture, giving customers greater choice over how they evolve their network edge. Additionally, Avaya’s networking portfolio has been integrated into Extreme Management Center, bringing a unique 360-degree view of the network, users, devices and applications for actionable business insights.

Extreme Networks’ fully Automated Campus solution is the enterprise market’s only fully-automated end-to-end campus solution enabling true dynamic services through a suite of zero-touch policy and networking features, as well as providing enhanced security through frictionless hyper-segments.

In addition, the solution provides a true 360-degree view of the network (wired and wireless), users, devices and applications - with context and scale - through integrated management, analytics and policy. IT managers can create centralized policies for as many as 200,000 users and devices and gain actionable insights with customisable signatures set for more than 7,000 applications. Additionally, through open APIs, Extreme Management Center integrates with third-party solutions providers so customers can orchestrate workflows based on third-party alerts, which consequently results in a holistic and programmable solution.

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About Extreme Networks 
Extreme Networks, Inc. (EXTR) delivers software-driven networking solutions that help IT departments everywhere deliver the ultimate business outcome: stronger connections with customers, partners and employees. Wired to wireless, desktop to data center, on premise or through the cloud, we go to extreme measures for our customers in more than 80 countries, delivering 100% insourced call-in technical support to organisations large and small, including some of the world's leading names in business, hospitality, retail, transportation and logistics, education, government, healthcare and manufacturing. Founded in 1996, Extreme is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, visit Extreme's website or call 1-888-257-3000.

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