Case Study: BUTTING achieves a modern, secure high-speed wired and wireless network with Extreme Networks

High-Speed Wired and Wireless Network for Stainless Steel Processor BUTTING

BUTTING, a German stainless steel processor with 1,900 employees, needed to modernize and scale its network to support rapid production growth — increased bandwidth, pervasive Wi‑Fi with guest access, warehouse transport control and a new DECT system — while keeping downtime to a minimum. They engaged Extreme Networks to migrate to a high‑speed wired and wireless infrastructure using ExtremeSwitching (S‑, C‑, A‑ and B‑Series), ExtremeWireless (170 access points), Extreme Management Center and ExtremeControl (Extreme Access Control).

Extreme Networks deployed a 10‑gigabit backbone with two S‑Series core switches (Virtual Switch Bonding), distribution and access switches, 170 APs managed by redundant controllers, DECT integration, centralized Extreme Management Center and access control; the cutover was completed in about seven months using parallel networks to avoid production disruption. The outcome is a modern, secure, highly available network that delivers fast inter‑building communications, site‑wide Wi‑Fi capable of future 40/100 Gbit/s needs, improved transparency and centralized control for IT, and stronger compliance support (helping meet ISO 27001 requirements).

BUTTING

Heinrich Buchholz

Head of The IT Department