Tom Hollingsworth takes a look at some recent acquisitions by Extreme Networks. Since September, the company bought the data center networking business of Brocade, Avaya’s campus networking portfolio, and Zebra Wireless. For around $155 million, Extreme Networks has made themselves into a full stack networking company. Tom considers the implications.
Introduction to StackStorm
Automation is east, but autonomy is hard. Matt Oswalt thinks the answer to making it a little easier is event-driven automation. This allows an engineer to eliminate the weakest part of any system, human error. Instead, by setting up automation event conditions ahead of time, the system can step in when needed. Matt goes through how StackStorm makes this happen. StackStorm has a wide range of support, and a number of different sensors and triggers to make this kind of setup possible.
Event Driven Network Automation: Brocade Workflow Composer StackStorm
Event Driven Network Automation: Brocade Workflow Composer StackStorm
Brocade
Brocade’s data center switching, routing, and analytics business was acquired by Extreme Networks in 2017. Brocade previously acquired Ruckus in 2016, which had acquired Cloudpath Networks in 2015. See also: Extreme Networks (2017) Ruckus Wireless (2016) Cloudpath Networks (2015)
Networking Field Day 2: Video and Presentation Schedule
Networking Field Day 2 will be held Thursday and Friday, October 27th and 28th, with a great group of independent delegates coming together in and around San Jose, CA. The event brings our delegates together with great tech companies like Brocade, Cisco, Embrane, Gigamon, Juniper, NEC, and Dell Force10! If you’re not one of the delegates, […]
