Fresh solutions for BYOD policies from Extreme Networks and Fiberlink

Extreme Networks has announced a brand new range of goods for organisations aiming to tackle mobility and produce-your-own-device (BYOD) policies.

According to the corporate, its Intelligent Mobile Edge solution now features a new family of fixed edge switches (the Summit X440 series), an 802.11n WLAN portfolio, a converged wireless data plane (via Motorola) and identity management over both wired and wireless networks, enabled by ExtremeXOS and Ridgeline 3.1 Manager.

It claimed that the answer mobilises business networks with a single converged data plane for wired and wireless networks. The answer includes finer-grain access controls, improved security and easier device management. 

David Ginsburg, chief marketing officer at Extreme Networks, said: “Organisations are allowing their employees to access the enterprise via personal devices at a rapidly increasing rate.

“This trend has put enterprise mobility at the fast track, yet IT departments are still grappling with the way to cope. With Extreme Networks Intelligent Mobile Edge Solution, we provide the leading breadth of features, critical wireless integration and uncompromised performance, enabling campuses to drive cost savings.”

Extreme Networks' ten-model family of Summit X440 switches includes port density (offering 8, 12, 24 and 48 ports in 1RU) and extends the intelligence and resiliency of the ExtremeXOS network operating system to the converged edge, enabling fine-grained quality of service, ‘mix and match' stacking for streamlined switch management and identity awareness.

Also launched this week is a BYOD privacy settings feature inside Fiberlink's MaaS360 mobile device management and alertness management solutions.

According to the corporate, that's a good way for IT to dam personally identifiable information from being collected on smartphones and tablets as administrators select which privacy settings they need to implement; it said this gives a straightforward policy to stop viewing of non-public information on smartphones and tablets, while restricting administrators from seeing installed personal applications outside of the company app catalogue.

Jim Szafranski, senior vice-president of goods at Fiberlink, said: “MaaS360 provides the facility to simply and confidently separate private lives from working lives. MaaS360 continues to innovate in areas for both IT and employees, making mobile working and private choice safe and efficient for everybody.”