Extreme Networks Inc.

12/07/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/07/2021 11:59

CRN’s 2021 Products Of The Year

NETWORKING - ENTERPRISE

HPE ARUBA 630 SERIES WI-FI 6E

WINNER: OVERALL

With its Instant On AP22 access point, Aruba Networks is bringing fast Wi-Fi performance, lower latency and enhanced security to small businesses. The Wi-Fi 6 access point offers speeds of up to 1.7 Gbps and 4X capacity compared with 802.11ac APs-along with capabilities to simultaneously handle multiple clients on each channel, minimize interference from cellular networks and work with all legacy devices. Key security features include two-factor authentication to protect against compromised credentials; secure Wi-Fi access through WPA2/WPA3/OWE authentication; and embedded TPM for securely storing credentials and keys.

Subcategory Winner-Technology: Cisco Catalyst 8000 Edge Series

Included in Cisco's Catalyst 8000 Edge Series is the Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platform, aimed at large-scale data center or colocation sites with integrated 40G and 100G Ethernet ports in a single rack unit. The 8500 is powered by Cisco's proprietary ASIC for high-performance, scale and integrated security.

Finalist: CommScope Ruckus ICX 7550

CommScope's Ruckus ICX 7550 switches bring connectivity at the edge for Wi-Fi 6 with up to 38 ports and 90 watts of 802.3bt Power over Ethernet per port. The switches offer 100-gigabit Ethernet uplinks to increase network capacity on existing optical wire infrastructure.

Finalist: Extreme Networks CoPilot

Extreme Networks CoPilot, a software feature that's part of the ExtremeCloud IQ platform, provides automation that enables customers and partners to more easily execute time-sensitive tasks and monitor highly distributed network environments, while being 99 percent free of false alarms.

Finalist: Juniper Networks EX4400

Juniper Networks EX4400 is an access switch for the cloud that has security and performance meant for campus deployments, with Power over Ethernet, MACsec AES-256, microsegmentation using group-based policies, flow-based telemetry and EVPN-VXLAN to the access layer.