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  Company Type Public ( NASDAQ EXTR )
  Company Slogan Get insight and control from Extreme Networks
  Foundation 1996
  Location City Santa Clara, California
  Location Country USA
  Key People CEO and President: <br \>Chief Financial Officer: Karen Rogge
  Industry Telecommunications Hardware
  Products Switches , Network Management , Security , Wireless
  Revenue 3586 million USD ( 2006 )
  Num Employees 869+ (November 2006)
  Homepage wwwextremenetworkscom


Extreme Networks 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




FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Extreme Networks trades on the . 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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