Record-Breaking Gaming Festival Powered by Extreme Networks' Scalable Switching Solutions

Record-Breaking Gaming Festival Powered by Extreme Networks' Scalable Switching Solutions

Dreamhack LAN Party Named Largest Gaming Event by the Guinness Book of World Records

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:EXTR) award-winning networking solutions powered the Guinness Book of World Records' largest gaming party. Dreamhack of Sweden connected 5, 850 computers hosted on a single LAN infrastructure, which relied upon Extreme Networks(R) Unified Access Architecture (UAA) edge and Intelligent Core Architecture switching systems to ensure superior network availability and high bandwidth.

This unique electronic event attracts the world's most dedicated computer gamers and technical experts. Visitors partake in the most popular and challenging multi-player action games such as "Counter-Strike," where network performance and bandwidth is essential as hundreds of players compete simultaneously.

"Extreme Networks delivered the robust, non-stop switching performance allowing Dreamhack to make history," said Suresh Gopalakrishnan, vice president of marketing for Extreme Networks. "Our highly reliable 10 Gigabit Ethernet platform flawlessly handled the dynamic traffic and unique needs of this record-breaking event."

All IP routing and switching for the event, held in the city of Jonkoping, was enabled by Extreme Networks' scalable BlackDiamond(R) 10K and Summit(R) 400 switches. The BlackDiamond 10K switch, featuring dense 10 gigabit and Gigabit Ethernet capabilities, delivers superior performance with custom ASICS and a modular approach to software resulting in increased resiliency of the network. The Summit 400 switch delivers 48 ports of 10/100/1000 Ethernet connectivity with dual 10 Gigabit uplinks, providing performance and scalability at the network edge.

Extreme Networks' award-winning network solutions simplify network deployments while delivering the performance, security, resiliency and traffic prioritization required for the convergence of data, voice and video.

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Extreme Networks is a leader in open converged networks. Its innovative network architecture provides Enterprises and Metro Service Providers with the resiliency, adaptability and simplicity required for a true converged network that supports voice, video and data, over a wired and wireless infrastructure, while delivering high-performance and advanced security features. For more information, please visit www.extremenetworks.com

NOTE: Extreme Networks, Summit and BlackDiamond are registered trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other names are either trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to ease of deployment, and performance are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to: customer response to our technology and product, and actual results of use of the product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update the forward- looking information in this release. Other important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/).


Source: Extreme Networks, Inc.

CONTACT: Greg Cross of Extreme Networks Public Relations,
+1-408-579-3483, or gcross@extremenetworks.com

Web site: http://www.extremenetworks.com/


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