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“ OVER THE LAST DECADE IN PARTICULAR , WE ’ VE SEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE WAY NETWORKS ARE PLANNED , BUILT AND OPERATED ”

Welcome to The Infinite Enterprise

“ OVER THE LAST DECADE IN PARTICULAR , WE ’ VE SEEN A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN THE WAY NETWORKS ARE PLANNED , BUILT AND OPERATED ”

the virtually infinite availability of processing and storage that comes along with it .
Perhaps most significantly , we ’ ve seen the democratisation of technology access . For example , what ’ s currently happening with ML and AI , Virtualisation and Containerisation , Wi-Fi , Fabrics , and infinite distribution of the enterprise . Also , commoditisation at various levels has made technology more affordable while also triggering various disruptions of formerly perceived superior

CTO CTO EMEA since August 2022

2013 Joined Extreme in 2013 via the company ’ s acquisition of Enterasys Networks , which Nispel joined in 2000 technology that vendors held on to for too long .

The recent years have largely been dominated by the pandemic and the geopolitical tensions that are driving the Infinite Enterprise , along with unprecedented supply chain constraints in the entire IT industry and beyond .
Q . WHAT ARE YOUR PROUDEST ACHIEVEMENTS IN YOUR CAREER SO FAR ?

» I am proud to have built a number of very successful teams and practices in my career in the areas of solutions ’ architecture , software engineering , and data science . Recently , I also built the Office of the CTO and its practice from the ground up at Extreme . The power of collaboration and inspiration that a high-performing team can

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