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Brandon Butler , Research Manager – Enterprise Networks , IDC , said : “ In the era of the hyper-distributed enterprise , users and devices connect to the enterprise network from everywhere and rely on enterprise applications that can be hosted anywhere .

“ As vulnerabilities continue to rise and IoT device growth continues to increase , managing security , performance and scale can be complex . Extreme ’ s Universal ZTNA aims to provide a simplified , cloud-managed solution for controlling universal network access using zero-trust principles to help customers meet the network security needs of their distributed digital enterprise .”

Nabil Bukhari , Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer , Extreme Networks , said : “ Universal

ZTNA is the culmination of several initiatives at Extreme – we are securing the Infinite Enterprise through a single , unified , cloud-based solution that instantly integrates with all of our Universal Platforms . It ’ s intuitively simple , incredibly costeffective and gives our customers a foundation for anywhere security , so that any user can securely access any application from any device , in any location . In today ’ s evolving landscape of increasing cyber threats and fewer IT resources and networks spanning multiple environments , having that secure foundation as a starting place for all other technologies is a requirement to ensure uninterrupted operations . This is just one more execution point against our One Network , One Cloud strategy .” p

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