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Extreme Networks rolls out its platform to simplify network operations
- Networking complexity is causing problems for businesses including blind spots, unplanned downtime, and security breaches. Extreme Networks has announced the launch of its Extreme Platform ONE connectivity platform that aims to combat this increasing complexity by using AI. The platform combines data from networks, security tools, and third parties such as Intel and Microsoft, and delivers conversational AI and autonomous networking. The platform is flexible enough to serve multiple audiences and includes a dashboard that shows all relevant financial information.
- Extreme Platform ONE includes AI capabilities that help troubleshoot complicated networking issues, particularly Wi-Fi problems, which are the hardest to solve. An AI Policy Assistant can be used for policy administration, which is necessary but time-consuming and error-prone. The concept of the network platform has been around for years but has yet to catch on, and Extreme officials said that AI makes the platform's value proposition compelling today.
- Extreme Networks is a rollup of many network vendors, including Enterasys, Brocade, Avaya Networking, and Motorola/Zebra. The company implemented “Universal Hardware,” which lets customers choose between different operating systems. With Extreme Platform ONE, the company aims to address network issues at every step of the lifecycle, from planning to optimization and security.
- Extreme Platform ONE is comprised of several acquisitions and represents years of work. The purchase of Aerohive brought the company the cloud back end that is being leveraged in the current platform launch. Other vendors have followed the platform path, but Extreme CEO Nabil Bukhari believes that AI is more than a troubleshooting tool. The inclusion of AI as a core function of the platform is Extreme's differentiator.
- Extreme Platform ONE is designed to deliver the best insights, which requires a single set of data. For most companies, AI for operations is the way forward, and that will push more companies toward a platform approach. Extreme's approach is to use AI to address issues at every stage of the network lifecycle.
- Zeus Kerravala wrote the original article for SiliconANGLE. Extreme Platform ONE is well-timed with the current AI wave as it uses AI as a core function of the platform instead of just a troubleshooting tool. The platform aims to automate many of the complex tasks associated with operating and securing a network.
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