So we're looking at replacing ageing Cisco equipment at our SMB with Cisco Catalyst or Aruba, but I've just given Extreme a look and they're around half the price of Aruba, let alone Cisco.
We're a software development house, and have stringent security requirements on what we do. We're looking at technologies such as ClearPass/ISE, StealthWatch/Introspect and possibly NSX to secure our fairly extensive server estate (dev/test is a bit of a wild west), and are looking for a good native management tool (Aruba Central/AirWave, and CloudIQ look good) as we don't have dedicated networking resources in the team. Looking for an integrated wired and wireless network, but also need to have capabilities to drive 25G to servers and storage.
Am I crazy for considering Extreme? I figure they can't be in the magic quadrant for no reason but I hear very few people talking about them, and there aren't that many resellers.
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