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October 23, 2001 - Continuing the networking industry's longest winning streak, Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) has again received the highest recognition for its Ethernet switching technology from Networld+Interop. Extreme Networks was presented with the prestigious Networld+Interop 2001 Best of Show Award for its SummitPx1™ Application Switch, named the best new product in the performance enhancement category.
"Winning Best of Show, now five times in five years, signifies how Extreme Networks' customers receive the most important new technologies through products that are consistently recognized as the very best in the industry," said Paul De Zan, vice president of corporate marketing for Extreme Networks. "The SummitPx1 Application Switch is another revolutionary innovation driving toward our goal: providing the most effective applications infrastructure, which enables businesses to get the most from the mission-critical applications they depend on."
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October
27, 2000 - For the third consecutive season, the industry's leading
value-added resellers and solution providers selected Extreme Networks as
the recipient of the esteemed "Best of VARVision Award" in the
network hardware category at VARVision® Fall 2000. This prestigious
award is one of the industry's most recognized honors, citing excellence
not only in product technology but also in reseller channel programs. |
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September
10, 2000 -Extreme’s Summit48 fixed-configuration switch sets the
standard by which all others are judged, this time by winning the Network
Computing Germany Real-World Labs test for quality of service, latency and
jitter. Summit48 beat the Cabletron SmartSwitch Router 2000, the Hewlett-Packard
ProCurve 2424M and the Lucent P550 Cajun Integrated Router. |
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May
24, 2000 -After reviewing and evaluating the latest products, technologies
and channel strategies, top resellers at the semi-annual VARVision event
presented Extreme Networks with the prestigious Best ofVARVision Award in
the network hardware category. The Best of VARVision Award is significant
because it is voted on by the channel's leading solution and service providers. |
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May 11, 2000 -
For an unprecedented fourth year in a row, Extreme Networks was awarded
the prestigious “Best of Show” in the Enterprise Network Infrastructure
category at Networld + Interop 2000. Extreme’s new Alpine 3808 core
switch took home the honors, with editors noting “The Alpine brings
new features such as ingress port rate limiting and transparent Metropolitan
LAN bridging. The Alpine offers high port density 10/100 and gigabit interfaces,
and like all Extreme products, wire speed switching on every port.”
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May
9, 2000 - For the second year in a row, Extreme Networks' Summit48™
Enterprise Desktop Switch was chosen as the winner of Network Computing
magazine's prestigious Well-Connected Award in the infrastructure category.
The Summit48 beat out the Cisco Catalyst 3500 Series XL and Foundry Networks
FastIron II in the "Best Fixed-Configuration LAN Switch" category. |
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April
17, 2000 -Network Magazine announces that Extreme Networks’ BlackDiamond
6800 chassis switch is the winner of the 2000 Product of the Year award.
In addition to its fast backplane and wire-speed Layer 2 and 3 performance,
editors cite BlackDiamond’s extensive management capabilities and quality
of service with bandwidth management and traffic prioritization. |
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February
2000
- The BlackDiamond 6800 chassis switch wins the high-density core switching
test conducted by the French publication 01 Reseaux. In tests for Layer
3 switching performance, quality of service and VLAN aggregation, BlackDiamond
competed against the 3Com CoreBuilder 9000, Cabletron SmartSwitch 8600 and
HP ProCurve 9304M. |
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October
1999
- Extreme Networks wins the “Best Product: Network Hardware” award
at VARVision, an industry event sponsored by the Gartner Group. The “Best
of VARVision Awards” are voted on by resellers at the event to recognize
vendors whose products and programs lead the industry. Criteria for the
award is based upon resellers’ views of a vendor’s credibility,
innovation, channel friendliness and product capabilities. |
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September
14, 1999 - The Summit7i Internet Data Center Switch is named Best of
Show Grand Winner at NetWorld + Interop 99 in Atlanta. Data Communications
and Internetweek editors chose the Summit7i for integrating powerful chassis-like
features into a 7-inch high stackable switch. Extreme also won in 1997 and
1998, making it the only firm to receive three Best of Show awards in a
row. For
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June 1999-
The Summit48 wins the VARBusiness review of Layer 3 switches. Editors
note: “With everything that is installed, the $7,995 purchase price
is the best price-per-port in the review by a wide margin. (We don't
know how the company can get away with an offer like that, but why not take
advantage of it?)” The benefits of the Summit48 are summarized
as “low price per port, good performance and good VAR program.”
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June 1999-
The Summit48 wins the “9/99 TIP Award” from Gateway, a leading
IT publication in Germany. After subjecting the Summit48 to rigorous
testing at the European Advanced Network Test Center, editors praise the
Summit48 for its reliability, stability, management capabilities, and efficient
QoS configuration. |
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May 1999-
The Summit4 wins the Tester’s Choice award from Data Communications
magazine. Editors praised the Summit4’s high throughput and low latency,
and wrote: “This gigabit Ethernet workgroup switch posted impressive
numbers in all evaluations, including the lowest overall latency in our
burst tests.” |
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May 1999-
The Summit48 receives two prestigious Well-Connected awards from Network
Computing. The Summit48 was selected from more than 150 products to receive
the prestigious title as “the best hardware product” of the year.
Extreme also won in the category of “Best Layer 3 Switch.” Editors
describe the Summit48 as an excellent investment and write: “With the
Summit48, Extreme has brought to market the first high-functionality 10/100
switch for the edge of the network. While incumbent infrastructure vendors
were charging hundreds of dollars per port for less functionality, Extreme
broke the mold, bringing the per-port price down to the point at which private
100-Mbps networking is a cost-effective alternative.” |
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April 1999-
The BlackDiamond wins the CM Corporate Choice award from CM Corporate, the
leading IT magazine in the Belgium/Dutch market. Outperforming the Packet
Engines PowerRail 5200, editors described the BlackDiamond as having the
best scalability and management options. The BlackDiamond was praised for
having full Layer 3 capabilities as a standard feature, and not as an expensive
option. |
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January
1, 1999 - For the second year in a row, Extreme Networks wins the Data
Communications magazine Hot Product Award. Presented in 1999 for the Summit48
Enterprise Desktop Switch, editors note that Extreme sold almost 80,000
Summit48 switch ports within six months of first shipping the product. That
makes it the No. 1 supplier of Layer 3 switch ports, with a market share
of 24.1 percent..." |
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November
1998 - French publication 01 Reseaux presents Extreme Networks with
a performance award for the Summit2 LAN switch. Outperforming Gigabit Ethernet
switches from Hewlett-Packard, Cabletron, Intel and NBase, editors noted
that the Summit2 performed at wire speed on all ports with zero packet loss. |
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October
19, 1998 - The Summit48 Enteprise Desktop Switch wins with the "Referenz"
award from Network Computing Germany as "Best value for the money."
The article reports that the Summit48 passed all benchmark tests at wire-speed:
"We tested the Layer 3-enabled version of the Summit48. In all of our
benchmarks, Layer 2 and Layer 3 alike, the Summit48 passed all traffic at
wire speed. Even the rigorous X-Stream test showed no packet loss against
the Summit48." |
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October
1998 - Extreme Networks wins a second award from the French publication
01 Reseaux for the Summit48 Enterprise Desktop Switch. Editors described
the Summit48 as an excellent solution for both workgroups and large networks.
Competitors in this Fast Ethernet switch test included 3Com, Foundry and
Intel. |
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October
1998 - The Black Diamond chassis switch wins the Business Communications
Review "BCR Best in Test" award. The Black Diamond beat out the
competition for sustaining wire-speed performance in small and large packet
tests, and for zero packet loss in back-to-back performance tests. |
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September
1, 1998 - The Summit48 Enterprise Desktop Switch wins Network Computing
magazine's Editors Choice award, Best Value award and Flying Colors award.
"With prices, performance and features like these, it's tough to beat
this knockout switch," wrote Technology Editor Joel Conover. |
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September
1998 - Hailed as having "The best Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches,"
Extreme Networks is ranked among the Top 50 privately held technology firms
by Red Herring magazine. Extreme is "a textbook example of how to take
a startup from the seeds of an idea to a growing line of complementary products
in a very crowded market." |
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August
1998 - In Gigabit Ethernet tests, Business Communications Review names
the Summit48 Enterprise Desktop Switch the winner in every category. Editors
cite sources who agree that "Extreme Networks has captured an early
lead in this marketplace, and now holds from half to two-thirds of the Gigabit
Ethernet installed base." |
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July
6, 1998 -Extreme receives the Best of LAN Times award for the Summit1
LAN switch. With eight full-duplex, non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet ports,
LAN Times editors proclaim "it is every bit as impressive as its forerunners,
and it comes at an even more impressive price." |
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June
8, 1998 - The Summit48 Enterprise Desktop Switch is named the Best of
LAN Times for its "amazing" price, as well as "fantastic"
port density and management. "You simply cannot go wrong with this
switch if your company is leaning toward a Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure,"
wrote LAN Times editors. |
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May 15,
1998 - Network Computing magazine gives the Summit48 Enterprise Desktop
Switch its "Editor-Refuses-to-Give-it-Back" award after extensive
lab tests. Editors called Summit48 "nothing short of phenomenal"
and predicted "this high-capacity, high-performance box will be challenging
the likes of 3Com Corp. and Cisco Systems." |
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May 5,
1998 - The Summit48 Enterprise Desktop Switch wins the Best of Show
award at NetWorld + Interop 98 in Las Vegas. Data Communications and LAN
Times editors selected Summit48 for its superb features, performance and
price. Extreme also won in 1997, making it the only firm to date to receive
back-to-back Best of Show awards. For
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May 4,
1998 - The Summit4 Integrated Server Switch receives InternetWeek magazine's
Best of Breed award after a competitive performance test. The testing staff
chose Summit4 because of its "very high bandwidth, hot performance,
solid manageability" - and the "cool purple color." |
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February
1, 1998 - Extreme Networks' Summit1 and Summit2 switches win the Data
Communications magazine Testers Choice Award. Touted by editors as "the
fastest devices we've ever tested," Summit1 and Summit2 "smashed
several Data Comm lab test performance records." For
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March 1998
- The Summit2 wins the Layer 3 IP routing switch test in the French
publication 01 Reseaux. The Summit2 beat out the competition, which included
3Com, Nortel Networks, Hewlett-Packard, Lannet and RND. The Summit2 was
described by editors as an exceptional choice, surpassing both backbone
routers and ATM switches. |
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January
26, 1998 - Extreme Networks' Summit1 is the only Gigabit Ethernet backbone
switch to win the NetworkWorld Blue Ribbon Award. Summit1 wows NetworkWorld
editors, who call it "Extreme-ly Impressive" and "the pinnacle
of performance." |
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January
1, 1998 - Data Communications magazine gives the prestigious 1998 Hot
Products Award to Extreme Networks for Summit1, Summit2 and Summit Virtual
Chassis. Editors cite their "scalable IP routing platform that lets
network managers build a chassis-like switch from stackable components." |
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December
1997 - The Mier Communications product test center bestows Extreme Networks
with its distinguished "NetWORKS as Advertised" award after the
Summit1 LAN switch blows away Foundry, Prominet and Bay in competitive performance
tests. |
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October
21, 1997 - Editors at Data Communications magazine rank Extreme Networks
among the Top 25 Hot Startups. Extreme Networks was recognized for being
one of the first companies to offer wire-speed Layer 3 switching. |
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May 12,
1997 - Extreme Networks' Summit1 LAN switch is named Best of the Best
Grand Winner and Best of Show winner at NetWorld + Interop 97 in Las Vegas.
Sponsored by Data Communications and LAN Times magazines, editors chose
Summit1 for combining Gigabit performance, Wire-Speed IP Routing and quality
of service. For
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