The Threshold of Your Dream is Here!
Pica8 introduces Threshold™, the world’s first end-to-end open networking solution for modernizing education, government and Fortune 1000 enterprise networks. Threshold can replace every part of your outdated Cisco – or Cisco-clone — campus network, from big-iron chassis switches to over-priced automation tools to small, remote PoE branch office switches, with an uber-modern, centrally managed intelligent network of white/brite box switches run by Pica8’s industry-leading PICOS® open networking software suite. Of course, you can always opt to keep your strategic investment in legacy-vendor sheet metal and power cords if you prefer.
Jail-Break Your Enterprise Network with Pica8’s Simplified Automation Framework and Switch Stack Replacement Architecture
Pica8’s industry-leading PICOS® NOS for white box networks has been turbo-charged for wide-scale enterprise deployments across remote offices, branch offices, and campuses alike. All the open networking magic that has been taking web-scale data centers by storm is now available for the rest of the enterprise. With its AmpCon™ automation framework and PICOS’ switch stack replacement architecture, Pica8 makes it all simple to deploy and manage.
Built on the open-source Ansible network automation framework, AmpCon enables enterprises to automate tasks including switch software configuration and licensing, turning up VLANs and MLAG, and performing health checks on all Power-over-Ethernet devices. Drawing from a large library of pre-defined Ansible “playbooks”, it can all be done using simple English language commands – no programming skills required.
PICOS further simplifies network operations by combining dozens of open switches into a single, IP address. Upgrade software or security settings for 50 or so PICOS campus switches with a single command. Reduce the number of individual network elements to manage by a factor of 10 to 50 times or more, and slash operational overhead costs.
Even better, PICOS leverages Pica8’s unique CrossFlow™ technology that comes standard with PICOS. CrossFlow allows enterprises to run both L2/L3 stacks and OpenFlow-based software-defined networks on every switch port in a network at the same time. (Think of it as a dedicated SDN security plane.) CrossFlow enables granular control of enterprise applications; deep and dynamic traffic monitoring; and even attack mitigation to take place directly on the switches without interrupting live traffic. No other networking vendor has this capability.
And with PICOS, of course, you get a full enterprise feature set.