Extreme Networks arming partners with more flexibility

Extreme Networks has been holding its Connect event this week, and has flagged the major product announcements for the potential impact they will have on partners.

In a move that should make life easier for partners and please customers, the firm added five applications to its ExtremeCloud IQ Pilot subscription service for free, to give more tools to help users with network visibility and management.

Over the next 90 days, the additional content will be made available to partners and customers, and the firm is also rolling out an app from the start of next month to make it quicker and easier to scan a barcode or serial number and onboard new devices.

The other main announcement was around the launch of the Universal Platform, which will give customers the chance to choose the OS that sits in their infrastructure. The supplier is starting with its ExtremeSwitching 5520 Series in November, and ExteremeWireless AP300C and AP400C products from January 2021.

Nabil Bukhari, chief technology officer and chief product officer of Extreme Networks, said that the product launches would give its channel the opportunity to get in front of customers and offer solutions that offered more depth and flexibility.

“These product updates clearly benefit customers, but also our partners,” he said. “Together, we are at the frontline of promoting and sharing the value of Extreme’s customer experience, as we work to push technology boundaries by leveraging machine learning, artificial intelligence, analytics and automation in our end-to-end cloud-driven networking solutions.

“By boosting the product portfolio, redefining our value proposition and offering universal platforms, we are able to expand the depth of solutions available to customers,” said Bukhari. “This has substantially deepened our partners’ ability to offer greater value, enhancing their relationships with customers.”