[f-nsp] Extreme Networks bought MLX/VDX/SLX - what about future ?

[Jethro R Binks]

It is concerning that the edge has gone one way to Arris and the data 
centre part to Extreme.  What's going to happen to the code which they 
have been gradually unifiying over all these years?  Is it going to 
fracture again?  Or, probably unlikely, is that spun off separately and 
will sell to both units?  Or is there an agreement for one to maintain it 
and the other to buy it in?  Can't see how that could work.  What branding 
will be kept?  What will happen to those relationships you've built up 
with account managers and technical support?

Uncertain times, and I can't see a happy outcome with long-standing 
Brocade/Foundry corporate customers who want both edge and core/dist/dc 
equipment.

Jethro.



On Fri, 31 Mar 2017, Robert Hass wrote:

> Hi
> Just readed that Extreme Network bought MLX/VDX and SLX products from
> Brocade/Broadcom:
> 
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/30/extreme_networks_to_splash_55m_on_brocades_data_centre_biz/
> 
> I'm wondering what will be future for these products - especially as we
> invested a lot of time and money to deploy them in our network.
> 
> I don't have any experiences with Extreme. Any thoughts ?
> 
> Rob
> 

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Information Services Directorate, University Of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

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