Extreme Networks

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Extreme Networks
Type Public (NASDAQ EXTR)
Founded 1996
Headquarters Santa Clara, California, USA
Key people CEO and President: Mark Canepa
Chairman of the Board: Gordon Stitt
Chief Financial Officer: Karen Rogge
Industry Telecommunications hardware
Products Switches, Network Management, Security, Wireless
Revenue 358.6 million USD (2006)
Employees 869+ (November 2006)
Website www.extremenetworks.com

Extreme Networks NASDAQEXTR founded in 1996, is a publicly listed company that designs, builds, and installs Ethernet network solutions for enterprise and carrier class (metro) networks.


Corporate History

October 1996 - Extreme Networks acquired Mammoth Technology

September 1997 - Extreme Networks aided in providing the first multi-vendor Gigabit Ethernet backbone at Networld + Interop 97

April 1999 - Extreme Networks announced Initial Public Offering

December 1999 - Extreme Networks Achieved Million Port Milestone in Switch Port Shipments to Internet Service Provider and Enterprise Customers

February 2001 - Extreme Networks acquired Optranet

March 2001 – Extreme Networks acquired Webstacks

January 2004 - Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 10808 Switch Named Technology Product Of The Year by InfoWorld

June 2005 - Extreme Networks Announces Wireless LAN Solution with Converged Data and Voice

August 2006 – Extreme Networks appoints Mark Canepa as Chief Executive Officer

July 21, 2008 - Software Freedom Law Center [1] Files GPL Violation Lawsuit [2] Against Extreme Networks, Inc.

Financial information

Extreme Networks trades on the NASDAQ Market with a ticker symbol of [EXTR]. As of June 30, 2006, shares issued and outstanding were 117.3 million shares. Extreme Networks revenue for Fiscal Year 2006 was 358.6 million.


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