Why Extreme Networks
For more than 30 years, Extreme Networks has powered critical networks, from stadiums and hospitals to global retailers and government agencies, building a track record of simplifying complexity at scale. Today, with Extreme Platform ONE™, we are redefining what enterprise networking can be: simple, secure, AI-powered, and sovereign.
We go to extremes for you, and our five advantages below are the proof, validated by our customers, our partners, and leading industry analysts.
One Platform. Five Advantages.
Powering the World's Most Complex Networks
Delivering the Industry’s First AI for Networking Platform
Simplifying Secure, Scalable, Zero Touch Fabric
Building Trust through Choice, Control, and Sovereignty
Going to Extremes for Customers and Partners
The Challenge
High-density environments demand simultaneous connectivity, real-time application support, multiple device types, and zero tolerance for failure.
Customer and Partner Proof
NFL, MLB, NHL, NASCAR, and More
Extreme powers digital experiences for leading sports brands & venues worldwide.
Learn MoreKroger
Operates 3,000 stores with approximately 100,000 access points on a single, unified architecture.
The MatSing partnership
Delivers Wi-Fi solutions at scale with industry-first Extreme Multi-Beam Wireless technology.
Tennessee Titans at Nissan
Stadium
Rely on Extreme Networks for premium fan experience delivery.
Analyst Validation
Enterprise Networking Fabric is getting five-star reviews for simplicity and resilience.
Jim Frey
[Extreme's] platform capabilities and support model make it well suited for enterprises seeking robust, scalable WLAN solutions across high density venues and key verticals such as education, healthcare, and hospitality.
Brandon Butler
The Challenge
IT teams are managing growing network complexity with fewer resources. Manual troubleshooting and reactive operations are no longer sustainable.
Customer and Partner Proof
New Perspective Senior Living
Onboarded nine communities in one week and cut caregiver response times by 50%.
Florida Gulf Coast University
Achieved 50%+ faster troubleshooting with Extreme Fabric and Extreme Platform ONE.
West Suffolk NHS Foundation
Trust
Validates simplified Extreme Platform ONE operations with peace of mind around licensing and support.
Analyst Validation
Extreme Platform ONE is poised to have a significant business impact on enterprises managing complex networking environments, particularly around deployment flexibility and cost.
IDC
Extreme Platform ONE solution is at the leading edge of the market in terms of completeness and sophistication of AI for networking.
Enterprise Strategy Group
The Challenge
Networks must block lateral movement while auto-onboarding devices, enforcing consistent identity-driven policy across all points of access (campus, cloud, remote), and maintaining sub-second failover in mission-critical environments.
Analyst Validation
Extreme's competitive edge lies in the native convergence of zero trust security and access control directly within the network fabric and cloud management layers. By embedding security into the infrastructure itself, organizations can avoid integration failures and the high complexity typically associated with stitching together disjointed third‑party products.
Ron Westfall, Steven Dickens
Extreme Fabric: End-to-end Automation of Enterprise Network Configurations and Deployments
This Technical Validation from Omdia evaluates how organizations can benefit from using Extreme Fabric in their enterprise networks.
Learn MoreThe Challenge
Organizations need partners they can trust with their networks, data, and long-term success. Yet compliance and sovereignty requirements, multivendor environments, and forced operating models can create complexity, governance gaps, vendor lock-in, and migration risk.
Customer and Partner Proof
E.ON
Achieved 20% operating cost reduction after migrating to Extreme while gaining cloud flexibility and transparency.
Henry Ford Health
Delivered 25% operational cost reduction while supporting the security and reliability demands of a regulated healthcare environment.
Hippodrome Casino
Deployed 2x capacity with 84% fewer alerts after replacing a cloud-locked competitor, demonstrating the value of deployment flexibility and customer choice.
Analyst Validation
Extreme Platform ONE is poised to have a significant business impact on enterprises managing complex networking environments.
IDC
The Challenge
IT teams are understaffed and the skills gap keeps growing. Customers want trusted, fully insourced support, simplified licensing, and commercial flexibility. Partners need margin predictability, deal protection, faster time to revenue, and a vendor that removes complexity rather than adding to it.
Customer and Partner Proof
Aldine ISD
Michelle Okoro at Aldine ISD reports “better support, better pricing, better licensing."
West Suffolk NHS Foundation
Trust
Andrew Smith at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust values “simplified licensing plus peace of mind.”
University of Florida
Matt Vincent, Assistant Athletics Director from the University of Florida exclaims, “The partnership with Extreme — my favorite part — is the customer service and support we get. It’s very rare these days… Extreme is always right there, they listen; they want to hear the good, bad, and the ugly.”
Logicalis
Richard Simmons, Director of Network Solutions at Logicalis, says Extreme Partner First delivers “a more transparent, predictable, and collaborative experience” that makes it easier to “plan ahead, execute effectively, and differentiate in a competitive market.”
Analyst Validation
Extreme Platform ONE is an exciting advancement for Extreme Networks. It is a truly AI-driven network management platform.
Shamus McGillicuddy
Extreme earns strong reviews from customers for its responsive support services.
IDC