Extreme Networks today announced CoPilot, an artificial intelligence operations (AIOps) product, destined for its ExtremeCloud IQ management platform.

When it launches in public beta in June, CoPilot will function as an AI assistant tasked with simplifying network monitoring and remediation. The company claims the platform is so accurate that is “99% false alarm free.”

“CoPilot will act as its name implies, helping IT administrators navigate increasingly complex networking environments and supporting them in every task,” said Nabil Bukhari, CTO and chief product offer at Extreme Networks, in a statement.

The platform works by establishing a network baseline for each environment. This includes things like WiFi efficiency, capacity, power over ethernet stability, adverse traffic patterns, uplink efficiency, and dynamic frequency selection recurrence. After establishing a baseline, a combination of AI, machine learning, and data analytics are then used to classify anomalies, pinpoint their location, determine the degree of user impact, examine potential root causes, and recommend a solution.

Additionally, when critical problems are detected, Extreme enables IT teams to engage directly with the company’s assistance center from within ExtremeCloud IQ.

CoPilot will be available for all active Pilot subscribers, and beginning later this month, users will begin seeing individualized alerts and personalized recommendations within the ExtremeCloud IQ dashboard.

If all of this sounds familiar, that’s because Extreme isn’t the first to employ implement this kind of machine learning-enhanced functionality. Both Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Aruba and Juniper Networks’ Mist use AI and machine learning to achieve similar goals.

Alongside CoPilot, Extreme unveiled a cloud-native network visibility platform designed to help communications service providers and large enterprises looking to provide scalable traffic aggregation, packet filtering, and processing for analytics tools in highly distributed network environments.

“With this new intelligent network visibility solution, Extreme is reducing complexity and minimizing opportunities for error by enabling service providers to more easily adapt and scale for new uses cases without predefining every specific scenario,” Bukhari said.

The platform is built around the company's newly announced 9000 series switches, beginning with the 9920, which features an Intel Tofino 2 programmable switch ASIC capable of processing packets at 12.8 Tb/s. The switch runs a Kubernetes-based composable operating system that can be patched without service interruptions.

5G is one use case Extreme targets. “Because 5G use cases are still undefined, service providers need a composable solution that provides visibility into highly distributed environments and is flexible enough to be adjusted for specific purposes as they arise,” the company claims.

The Extreme 9920 will be available next month.