Extreme CEO: Watch Out Cisco, HPE-Aruba Networks

Extreme Networks has been on an acquisition spree this year nabbing key networking assets from the likes of Brocade Communications and Avaya.

"With the consolidation of these companies, our position will only be strengthened against Cisco and HP," Extreme CEO Ed Meyercord, in an interview with CRN. "We're seeing HP becoming more commodity-like which opens doors for us to become more specialized for enterprise customers."

Meyercord also discusses doubling the size of Extreme's partner program, the company's M&A strategy and the importance of buying Avaya and Brocade technology.