NEWS: UPDATE


EXTREME BUYS AEROHIVE TO ADD CLOUD MANAGEMENT AND EDGE CAPABILITIES


Extreme Networks is to acquire Aerohive Networks aſter signing a definitive agreement to atain the later’s shares of common stock at a price of $4.45 per share in cash. Te deal is equivalent to an enterprise value of $210m. Te acquisition will allow Extreme


to add cloud management and edge capabilities to its portolio of cloud networking solutions. It will bring new automation and intelligence capabilities to Extreme’s Elements portolio and add cloud- managed wifi and NAC solutions to complement its on-premises wifi and NAC technology. It is hoped this will present numerous opportunities for cross-sell and up- sell in the combined portolios. Aerohive specialises in cloud


management, AI and machine learning. Te company has a global footprint of 30,000 cloud wireless LAN customers in verticals, including education, healthcare, state and local government, and


retail. Extreme expects to gain new SD-WAN capabilities, expanding its total addressable market by a total of $1bn (in a market with a CAGR of 19 per cent 2019 through 2022.) It is also anticipated that the acquisition will expand Extreme’s mix of revenues to approximately 30 per cent from subscription recurring revenue. Ed Meyercord, president and


CEO at Extreme Networks said: ‘Te ability to improve user experiences, lower operating expenses, and deliver cloud- managed networks is key to our strategy.’ David Flynn, president and


CEO of Aerohive, said: ‘Aerohive’s expertise and excellence in cloud management and edge technology, combined with Extreme’s extensive solutions portolio and continued investment in soſtware and AI for automation, gives our customers the most advanced digital experiences in the market.’


NOKIA AND TIM ACHIEVE 550GB/S FOR DATA TRANSMISSION OVER 350KM IN READINESS FOR 5G


Telecom Italia (TIM), in partnership with Nokia, has achieved a wavelength speed of 550Gb/s for data transmission over a long-distance backbone network. Te trial covered more than


350km on TIM’s operational network between Rome and Florence using the new Nokia Photonic Service Engine 3 (Nokia PSE-3). Te companies say that it demonstrated a new European record for data transmission over a long- distance backbone network. Te collaboration also resulted in a transmission rate of 400Gb/s over 900km between Rome and Milan, and 300Gb/s over 1,750km. Te TIM backbone is


a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network, based on the latest generation


of Nokia’s 1830 Photonic Service Switch. Te network is fully automated and currently carries optical signals with a capacity of 100Gb/s over distances of up to 1,800km, and 200Gb/s up to 800km. With a coverage of more than 16,000km of fibre, the network connects to 65 national points of presence. Te PSE-3 coherent DSP


implements a sophisticated signal processing algorithm known as Probabilistic Constellation Shaping (PCS), which maximises data transport capacity over any distance. Tis speed triples the bandwidth of the current network, which, with the arrival of 5G, is designed to offer efficiency and connectivity in support of the ever-increasing ultrabroadband traffic.


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