Benefits of Upgrading XMC Licensing From Perpetual To Subscription Brochure

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Benefits of Upgrading Extreme

Management Center to ExtremeCloud™ IQ


Site Engine and Converting to Subscription

Network affordability, agility, innovation, and time to market have never been more important. Increasingly businesses look to
consume IT on a subscription basis to gain incremental value on their network investment.
Here are the top reasons why upgrading Extreme Management Center (XMC) licensing from perpetual to subscription
(ExtremeCloud IQ) can future-proof your network investment and help get ahead.

Affordability: Moving from perpetual licensing to Single Pane of Glass Management for wired, wireless
subscription can reduce upfront costs, in addition to and third-party devices. The ExtremeCloud IQ intuitive
yearly costs, allowing the total cost to be distributed over dashboards provides a single view for devices, client
time. Subscription is more than just a change in how software is and application data. In addition, it can serve as the manager of
paid for - it reflects the real total cost of ownership and converts it managers for multiple ExtremeCloud IQ-Site Engine servers.
to a predictable expense. Over time, a subscription model reduces
Increased Feature Velocity and Innovation: Having timely
costs by eliminating expensive upgrades, especially when combined
access to the latest features and capabilities is critical
with a software delivery as a service.
for driving operational efficiency, reducing risk, and
Future-Ready: While “subscription” and “cloud” are enhancing experiences. The continuous integration, continuous
often used synonymously, one refers to the business delivery and continuous deployment capabilities of cloud solutions
model (subscription or perpetual) and the other to accelerate the effortless introduction of new features, especially
the deployment model (cloud or on-premise). Extreme offers when combined with a delivery as-a-service (SaaS).
enterprises a phased journey to the cloud where they can first
Unlimited Data Retention (if public cloud is used,
convert to a subscription business model (on-premise subscription)
optional): ExtremeCloud IQ Pilot subscribers have access
without any changes to their existing infrastructure. Extreme’s
to unlimited data for the lifetime of their subscriptions.
flexible conversion model to subscription allows you to retain the
With unlimited data, customers gain unprecedented access to
value of your existing perpetual software while gaining the benefits
historical data to inform future planning via a single, centralized
of subscription; and innovation velocity of the cloud, all while
management tool.
maintaining an on-premise deployment. It provides a seamless
stepping-stone for the eventual migration to the cloud. Machine Learning Derived Insights: The unlimited data
sets drive increased machine learning accuracy and
Deployment Choice: Often people confuse subscription
the precision of artificial intelligence actions. Machine
services with public cloud services. At Extreme, we don’t
Learning derived insights are available in ExtremeCloud IQ
force enterprises to choose. We offer three deployment
Client 360, Device 360, and Network 360 and help enhance the
options that provide businesses with maximum flexibility,
operational effectiveness of infrastructure devices.
continuous innovation, and a consistent user experience. With
advancements in cloud technologies and containerization, Backup and Redundancy: Transitioning to a cloud solution
the cloud can be whatever businesses need it to be based on moves the responsibility of data backups to the cloud
their requirements. network provider. Backups are stored on both local and
remote storage (at different datacenters) in a compressed format
Simplified Licensing: ExtremeCloud IQ subscription
and inaccessible to users. Extreme also has the policy of storing
licensing provides a single license model for all devices
the backup data in a secondary account to prevent someone from
and all deployment models which includes a right to use
wiping the primary account. Support for XIQ-SE redundancy and
for ExtremeCloud IQ – Site Engine. The portable licenses can be
backups is planned in the future.
transferred between devices (wired and wireless) and deployment
models (on-premise, public and private).

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