Extreme Networks Did You Know Tour of Boston with COO Norman Rice

🎥 Oct 30, 2023 📺 Extreme Networks ⏱ 3m 👁 1745 views

Historic Fenway Park and the brand-new MGM Music Hall are leveraging Extreme solutions to power unforgettable guest ...

About Norman Rice

Norman Rice, Chief Commercial Officer at Extreme Networks, has been featured in a series of promotional "Did You Know" tours highlighting the company's customer base. In a tour of Boston, Rice stated that Fenway Park, MGM Music Hall, Verizon, PNC Bank, the MBTA, Logan Airport, and institutions like Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern are Extreme customers. He also noted that the company has a partnership with the NHL and powers every NHL venue with its analytics system. In a Las Vegas tour, Rice said that Harry Reid International Airport, the state of Nevada, major hotels and casinos including Fontainebleau and Caesar's Palace, and the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada are powered by Extreme Networks. He added that Extreme is the official Wi-Fi and analytics provider for the NFL and for Super Bowl 58. Rice also participated in a virtual tour of the Living Tomorrow Innovation Campus, where he discussed future technologies such as 3D-printed concrete, water reuse systems, autonomous vehicles, and a connected healthcare chain that integrates biometric data and personalized medication printing, all powered by Extreme Networks. At the Extreme Connect 2023 conference in Berlin, Rice noted that 40% of the company's customer base is in Europe, and the event attracted over 550 attendees with a waiting list. He described the company's purpose as helping customers leverage technology to drive better outcomes. In a 2021 podcast, Rice discussed Extreme's partnership with the NFL and Verizon, the company's cloudified portfolio, and its management of supply chain risks in partnership with Broadcom.

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Transcript (9 segments)

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We're so excited to be partnered with so many awesome customers around Boston that we're going to take you on a tour, a digital tour. Extreme has a proud history working with sports franchises around the world, and none more famous than Fenway Park, home of the Boston Red Sox, first opened in 1912. It services over 25 million patrons every year. And did you know that they've been an Extreme customer for a number of years, powering every fan, every single ticket, every transaction, concessions included at the stadium? Go Sox for an Extreme-powered network.

I'm on historic Lansdowne Street, standing in front of Boston's coolest new venue, MGM Music Hall, which opened in 2022 to great acclaim. Did you know that this venue is completely powered by Extreme all the way through, powering some of the biggest acts from around the world in music and entertainment?

I'm here in Boston's North End, standing in front of a Verizon sign in the Verizon building. Did you know Verizon's one of Extreme's largest customers in the world? They're not just a customer, but they're a partner of ours, going to market everywhere in the United States and in Europe.

Hey, I'm still in Boston's North End, and sure enough, I stumbled on another customer. Did you know PNC Bank, the seventh largest bank in the United States, is an Extreme customer, powered by our cloud wireless solution?

I'm standing in front of North Station for the MBTA, better known to Bostonians as the T. Did you know this is powered by an Extreme network, all communications, ticketing, and security related to it, with over 80 million ridership every year?

Hello, I'm standing in front of TD Garden, home of the Boston Bruins. And did you know that Extreme has a partnership with the NHL and is powering with our analytics system every NHL venue around the country?

And you can't be in Boston without talking about universities and healthcare, some of the best institutions in the world: Harvard, MIT, Northeastern. Did you know some of these schools are Extreme customers?

Hello, I'm standing here in front of Logan Airport, which you can see in the distance, where over 40 million passengers go through every year. Our networks power the Wi-Fi for every passenger coming through, all ticketing, and everything related to Logan.

We took quite a tour of Boston today. You got to see all the Extreme customers. Whether you came in and landed, went around the city, or stayed in a hotel, you're being part of the Extreme Network experience.