Cloud, Management & Automation
The Extreme Networks Cloud, Management and Automation Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of network professionals. The curriculum provides strong foundational knowledge of the Extreme Networks Management Portfolio with a focus on ExtremeCloud IQ and how it enables organizations to automate end-to-end, edge-to-DC network operations, unlock new analytics, scale faster, and secure and optimize the end user and application experience.
Data Center
Extreme Networks Data Center Specialization Program enhances your skills and ability to sell, design, install, and support specific aspects of data center networks. The curriculum emphasizes the challenges faced by Data Center networking leaders, and best practices in Data Center design, implementation and support that can help address those challenges. Extreme Networks Data Center products leverage event-driven automation and pervasive visibility on adaptive platforms to deliver a data center solution purpose-built for the digital era. Supporting both IP fabrics and VCS fabrics, Extreme’s Data Center specialization allows partners to deliver flexibility and scale to enable customers to evolve to meet the demands of virtualized, cloud, and multi-vendor environments.
Digital Sales Partner - Certified
Extreme Networks' Digital Sales Partner – Certified tier is designed for established eCommerce sellers chosen to represent Extreme Networks in new markets, showcasing our innovative solutions.
Digital Sales Partner - Premier
Extreme Networks' Digital Sales Partner – Premier tier offers enhanced benefits for top-performing eCommerce sellers selected to represent Extreme Networks in new markets, highlighting our cutting-edge products and services.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion – DEI
A program that helps partners amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives thru community, career, culture, and commerce
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
A program that helps partners amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives thru community, career, culture, and commerce
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI)
A program that helps partners amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives thru community, career, culture, and commerce
Double Master
The Extreme Master Specialization Program is designed to recognize and reward partners who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to Extreme Networks solutions by investing significant time and resources building skills and expertise in multiple technologies and solutions. Partners can earn Master Specialized status by completing the certification requirements that are specific to each Master Specialization track. Partners that have completed all program requirements will be awarded with a Master specialized status and will be eligible for program benefits and incentives. A Double Master achieved two (2) Master Specializations
Education
Partners that obtain the Extreme Education Badge, are delivering a higher quality of focused Education Customer Solutions in their region.
Extreme Distribution Advisory Council Member
The Distribution Advisory Board is an invitation-only group of senior professionals from our most trusted distributors. Their experience and perspective will provide valuable insights for our discussions about market opportunities, competition, greater efficiencies in ease of doing business. The goal is to ensure Extreme´s partner and customer community is staying well ahead of technological change, by exploring new trends and sharing challenges.
Extreme Distribution Support Services
Extreme Support Services for Distributors is the ability to offer comprehensive support solutions directly to Resellers. This is accomplished by highlighting your knowledge and expertise of Extreme solutions, teaming up with the Services and GTAC team to deliver better experiences and expand services offerings and increase revenue streams.
Extreme Partner Advisory Council Member
The Partner Advisory Board is an invitation-only group of senior professionals from our most trusted partners. Their experience and perspective will provide valuable insights for our discussions about market opportunities, competition, greater efficiencies in ease of doing business. The goal is to ensure Extreme´s partner and customer community is staying well ahead of technological change, by exploring new trends and sharing challenges.
Extreme Partner Excellence - Secure Network Fabric
The complexity of scaling medium to large-sized, distributed networks with security is daunting for IT organizations. The right network fabric solution can unify, automate, and secure the network to reduce risk and simplify operations. The owners of this badge, pool their collective knowledge in Extreme Fabric and ExtemeCloud IQ - Site Engine to provide customer excellence in Secure Network Fabric.
Extreme Partner Excellence - Simplifying Secure Hybrid Work
The complexity of siloed networking, security, and AI presents an urgent challenge for IT leaders as they look to support secure hybrid work. The right zero-trust solution can unify, automate, and secure the network to reduce risk and simplify operations. The owners of this badge, pool their collective knowledge in Extreme Switching and Extreme WirelessCloud (UZTNA to come) to provide customer excellence in Secure Hybrid Work Solutions.
Extreme Partner Support Services
Extreme Support Services for Partners is the ability to offer comprehensive support solutions directly to the End User. This is accomplished by highlighting your knowledge and expertise of Extreme Solutions, teaming up with the Services and GTAC team to deliver better experiences, and expand services offerings and increase your revenue streams.
Extreme Technical Advisory Council Member
The Technical Advisory Board is an invitation-only group of senior professionals from our most trusted partners. Their experience and perspective will provide valuable insights for our discussions about market opportunities and the development of new technologies to spur opportunities for innovation, competition, adoption, and greater efficiencies. The goal is to ensure Extreme´s customer community is staying well ahead of technological change, by exploring new trends, sharing challenges and defining solutions for managing Extreme solutions.
ExtremeCloud SD-WAN
The Extreme Networks ExtremeCloud SD-WAN Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of network professionals. The curriculum focuses on how best to design and optimize ExtremeCloud SD-WAN solution to deliver a superior application and user experience. ExtremeCloud SD-WAN is a cloud-native SD-WAN platform, unifying networking and security operations through a simple-to-use management, seamlessly integrated into ExtremeCloud™ IQ. Cloud-native SD-WAN means workloads are automatically secure, high performing, and reliably available to any user anywhere in the world. ExtremeCloud SD-WAN is designed to give the customer network agility and cloud-first capabilities required to transform how customers, teams and businesses connect. All of this delivered in a frictionless, at-your-pace WAN evolution motion.
ExtremeSwitching
The ExtremeSwitching Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of network professionals. The curriculum provides strong foundational knowledge of the complete Extreme Networks Switching portfolio. Extreme Campus Switching solutions ensure the availability and performance of end-user applications are more agile and simpler to design, build, manage, and troubleshoot compared to both conventional networking alternatives and competitive next generation offers. Field-proven and standards-based, Extreme’s unique campus virtualization technology and industry-leading platforms enable our customers to innovate faster, simplify operations, and reduce risk.
ExtremeWireless
The Extreme Networks Wireless Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of wireless network professionals. The curriculum provides strong foundational knowledge of the ExtremeWireless solutions, combining leading Wi-Fi hardware with next-generation Extreme cloud management to simplify every aspect of IT operation from deployment to ongoing support. This enables customers to take advantage of the high availability, continuous development and real time innovation of the Cloud. Additionally, this opens access to the extensive management and analytics capability the Cloud enables along with the ML and AI functions.
Grand Master
The Extreme Master Specialization Program is designed to recognize and reward partners who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to Extreme Networks solutions by investing significant time and resources building skills and expertise in multiple technologies and solutions. Partners can earn Master Specialized status by completing the certification requirements that are specific to each Master Specialization track. Partners that have completed all program requirements will be awarded with a Master specialized status and will be eligible for program benefits and incentives. A Grand Master achieved three (3) Master Specializations
Healthcare
Partners that obtain the Extreme Healthcare Badge, are delivering a higher quality of focused Healthcare Customer Solutions in their region.
Hospitality
Partners that obtain the Extreme Hospitality Badge, are delivering a higher quality of focused Hospitality Customer Solutions in their region.
Inclusion
A program that helps partners amplify their inclusion initiatives through community, career, culture, and commerce.
Managed Service Provider Partner
The Extreme Networks MSP specialization is designed for partners with technology competency focused on managed service engagement models delivering as-a-service offerings to customers.
Manufacturing
Partners that obtain the Extreme Manufacturing Badge, are delivering a higher quality of focused Manufacturing Customer Solutions in their region.
Master
The Extreme Master Specialization Program is designed to recognize and reward partners who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to Extreme Networks solutions by investing significant time and resources building skills and expertise in multiple technologies and solutions. Partners can earn Master Specialized status by completing the certification requirements that are specific to each Master Specialization track. Partners that have completed all program requirements will be awarded with a Master specialized status and will be eligible for program benefits and incentives. A Master achieved one (1) Master Specialization
Master Campus
Partners with a Master Specialization in Campus will have deep expertise of two individual technology specializations (Cloud, Management & Automation and ExtremeSwitching). This knowledge will help to simplify customers´ network via a fabric-enabled architecture that automates provisioning and eliminates repetitive manual configuration, to deliver end-to-end network security that contains breaches and stops hackers in their tracks, with a faster time to service, enhanced agility, and increased efficiency.
Master Cloud & Applications
Partners with a Master Specialization in Cloud & Applications will have deep expertise of two individual technology specializations (Cloud, Management & Automation and Security & Access Control).This knowledge will help to enable partners to sell, design, deliver and manage the solution across Management & Automation and Security & Access Control portfolios with confidence and provide a greater end-customer experience.
Master Data Center
Partners with a Master Specialization in Data Center will have deep expertise of individual technology specializations in Cloud, Management & Automation and Data Center. This knowledge will help to enable adaptive foundational networks with seamless automation and visibility across all IT domains to meet agility and efficiency goals.
Master Edge
Partners with a Master Specialization in the Edge will have deep expertise of two individual technology specializations (Cloud, Management & Automation and ExtremeWireless). This knowledge will help to enable partners to sell, design, deliver and manage the Edge solution with confidence and provide a greater end-customer experience.
PartnerWorks Certified
Partners who achieve the PartnerWorks Certified badge are uniquely qualified to support Extreme customer solutions with Extreme Certified Specialists and audited support capabilities on par within the Networking industry.
Public Sector
The Public Sector Partner Badge signifies that a partner has successfully met all the requirements to become an authorized Public Sector Partner for Extreme Networks. This badge identifies an exclusive group of strategic partners who possess the relationships, references, and insights necessary to champion Extreme Networks' global GTM (Go-To-Market) initiatives across various public sector markets, including federal, state, municipal, and special districts. These select partners have the infrastructure and expertise to support large-scale public sector projects, utilizing grant funding, consultants, lobbyists, procurement contract vehicles, ecosystem alliances, and reference accounts to position Extreme Networks for both immediate and long-term growth. These partners are equipped with the skills and experience needed to market, design, and execute solutions that address the diverse and complex needs of the global Public Sector.
Retail
Partners that obtain the Extreme Retail Badge, are delivering a higher quality of focused Retail Customer Solutions in their region.
SD-WAN
The Extreme Networks ExtremeCloud SD-WAN Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of network professionals. The curriculum focuses on how best to design and optimize ExtremeCloud SD-WAN solution to deliver a superior application and user experience. ExtremeCloud SD-WAN is a cloud-native SD-WAN platform, unifying networking and security operations through a simple-to-use management, seamlessly integrated into ExtremeCloud™ IQ. Cloud-native SD-WAN means workloads are automatically secure, high performing, and reliably available to any user anywhere in the world. ExtremeCloud SD-WAN is designed to give the customer network agility and cloud-first capabilities required to transform how customers, teams and businesses connect. All of this delivered in a frictionless, at-your-pace WAN evolution motion.
Security & Access Control
The Extreme Security and Access Control Specialization Program offers the relevant training and certifications that align with the real-world expectations of network professionals. The curriculum provides strong foundational knowledge of the security elements of the Extreme Networks portfolio. With a primary focus on Extreme NAC for access control, this specialization also covers wireless security through Extreme AirDefense and Extreme Defender for IoT.
Sports and Entertainment Delivery
The Sports and Entertainment Delivery Partner Badge means the partner has completed all requirements necessary to become an authorized Stadiums and Venue Delivery Partner for Extreme Networks. These partners have the expertise and experience to execute stadium solutions. Among other products, these installations include ExtremeCloud IQ Controller, EXOS, Switch Engine, ExtremeCloud IQ – Site Engine, and ExtremeControl. The Sports and Entertainment Delivery Partner Badge confirms that this partner has mastered the validated architecture for stadiums and venues, effective deployment processes, optimal configuration settings, and provides quick time to resolution with Extreme GTAC
State and Local Government
The State & Local Government Partner Badge means the partner has completed all requirements necessary to become an authorized State & Local Government Partner for Extreme Networks. The badge identifies an exclusive group of strategic partners that have the relationships, references, and insight to champion Extreme Networks GTM focus in the state, county, municipal, and special district market. These select partners have the infrastructure to support large-scale public sector initiatives utilizing grant funding, consultants, lobbyists, purchasing contract vehicles, ecosystem alliances, and reference accounts to position Extreme for both rapid and long-term growth. These partners have the expertise and experience to market, design, and execute varying complexities of State & Local solutions.
Ultimate Master
The Extreme Master Specialization Program is designed to recognize and reward partners who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to Extreme Networks solutions by investing significant time and resources building skills and expertise in multiple technologies and solutions. Partners can earn Master Specialized status by completing the certification requirements that are specific to each Master Specialization track. Partners that have completed all program requirements will be awarded with a Master specialized status and will be eligible for program benefits and incentives. An Ultimate Master achieved four (4) Master Specializations
Venues
The Venues Partners Badges means the partner has completed all requirements necessary to become an authorized Venues Partner for Extreme Networks. These partners have the expertise and experience to execute stadium solutions. Among other products, these installations include: ExtremeCloud IQ Controller, EXOS, Switch Engine, Fabric Engine, ExtremeCloud IQ - Site Engine, and ExtremeControl. The Venues Badge confirms that this partner has mastered the validated architecture for stadiums and venues, effective deployment processes, optimal configuration settings, and provides quick time to resolution with Extreme GTAC.