Ubiquiti Expanding Into Enterprise
While Ubiquiti is approaching $2 billion in annual revenue, the company is still overwhelmingly viewed as an SMB or low-cost supplier, but now the company is planning to expand to the enterprise.
What is new with Ubiquiti, and why do they see themselves expanding from the SMB to the enterprise market? What limitations does Ubiquiti still have?
In this note, we examine their statements regarding expansion and the challenges they may face as they execute those plans.
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