March 2017

Extreme’s Proposed Acquisitions of Avaya’s Networking Business and Brocade’s Data Center Ethernet Switch Business to Propel Market Share Gains for the Company

Extreme’s Proposed Acquisitions of Avaya’s Networking Business and Brocade’s Data Center Ethernet Switch Business to Propel Market Share Gains for the Company Combined Company would be Third largest Campus Switching Vendor in North America Portola Valley, California – March 30, 2017 – The 4Q16 Ethernet Switch Market Report by 650 Group… Read More »Extreme’s Proposed Acquisitions of Avaya’s Networking Business and Brocade’s Data Center Ethernet Switch Business to Propel Market Share Gains for the Company

Market share implications of Extreme Networks acquisitions

Extreme Networks has been very busy announcing acquisitions lately.  Yesterday, it announced plans to acquire Brocade’s Data Center switch business and on March 7, it announced plans to acquire Avaya’s switch business.  Additionally, it completed its acquisition of the Zebra Wireless LAN business just last October 2016. When the two switch… Read More »Market share implications of Extreme Networks acquisitions

OCP Observations

Alan Weckel Technology Analyst ​It was great to catch up with old friends and make new friends at OCP this year.  The show was highly successful with attendance at the Facebook and Microsoft booths so large that it was difficult to move around.  On the switch side, most of the… Read More »OCP Observations