EXTREME NETWORKS LAUNCHES NEW WLAN SOLUTION.

Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:EXTR), Santa Clara, Calif., has announced a new series of its high performance Summit(R) Wireless Mobility (WM) products, a modular Wireless LAN platform that boasts unified security and management capabilities for high performance wired and wireless networks.

The Summit WM-series switches combined with Altitude 350-2 Access Points (APs) can provide an easy-to-manage, secure and scalable wireless LAN solution for voice, video and data applications.

Enterprises require wireless LAN network technology that allows for increased workforce mobility and seamless integration with the existing network. But non-integrated wireless LAN systems present a significant challenge to IT administrators that are tasked with managing and securing those networks. Extreme Networks(R) Summit Wireless Mobility product enables IT administrators to apply consistent security and management policies across their entire wired and wireless network through a single console.

"As wireless increasingly evolves towards a role as the default access for many enterprise users, administrators need to leverage existing policy and management frameworks to efficiently deliver advanced mobility," said Craig Mathias, a Principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group (Ashland, MA). "Centrally managing both wired and wireless networks is the key to providing lower total cost of ownership and in keeping the network running reliably."

The Summit Wireless Mobility product offering includes the Summit WM200 and Summit WM2000 switches. For smaller installations, the Summit WM200 supports up to 50 APs in its baseline configuration with the option to be upgraded to support 100 APs. The WM2000 switch can scale to support large WLAN installations with capacities of up to 200 APs per controller.

The Summit Wireless Mobility (WM) products offer a scalable architecture to support a single roaming domain for tens of thousands of users. In addition, it supports economical branch office deployments where wireless user traffic can be bridged locally for better performance and survivability. Compared to competitive WLAN solutions in the market, the distributed capability of the Summit WM products will be particularly beneficial for enabling scalable performance of large numbers or with high-performing 802.11n access points.

For Extreme Networks customer Texas Christian University, the new Summit WM platform provided a complete wireless solution for their campus network. "We needed a wireless LAN solution that was simple to deploy and operate, in addition to providing the level of security that is required for our campus network," said Tony Fleming, senior network engineer for Texas Christian University (TCU). "This latest Summit WM series of products addresses our organization's need to simplify the task of mobilizing our users without sacrificing security or performance."

The Summit WM system allows the deployment of business-critical applications with unified security policy management, efficient and economical redundancy, and a reliable, serviceable modular architecture. Consistent security policies are provided through integration with Extreme Networks Network Access Control (NAC) solutions, including Extreme Networks Sentriant(TM) AG appliance to provide consistent captive portal web-based login and standards-based 802.1x.

The Summit WM is ideal for converged voice, video, and data applications with highly-configurable end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) capabilities and support for 802.11e QoS standards such as Call Admission Control (CAC) for client traffic management, QoS Basis Service Set (QBSS) for intelligent client roaming, and Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery (U-APSD) for longer battery life. These build on existing certifications from SpectraLink, Avaya, and Vocera.

Pricing and Availability

* The suggested list price begins at US $16,995 for the Summit WM200 and US $32,995 for the Summit WM2000. * Summit WM200 and Summit WM2000 switches will be available this quarter.

Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks designs, builds, and installs Ethernet infrastructure solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. Our commitment to open networking sets us apart from the alternatives by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications and services. We believe openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom, flexibility, and choice. We focus on enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video and data, over a wired and wireless infrastructure.

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