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- November 5, 2010 — Extreme Networks, Inc. and NETGEAR®, Inc. , today jointly announced an OEM relationship enabling NETGEAR to respond to chassis-based network requirements within their midsized business and education markets. Under a new multi-year agreement, NETGEAR will add customized Extreme Networks® BlackDiamond® 8800 modular switches to its portfolio of smart networking solutions.

Small and midsized Enterprises are looking to benefit from the scale, reliability, features and cost advantages of Ethernet connectivity for converged communications and Internet services to accelerate their business performance.

By adding select modular switching products from Extreme Networks, NETGEAR extends its network portfolio of 10GE Ethernet switches into the core of the network. The BlackDiamond 8800 platform features price/performance leadership for managed Layer 2/3 Gigabit and 10 GbE networking, proven simplicity and network availability through its consistent and powerful modular software foundation, ExtremeXOS®.

“Customers of all sizes are demanding more from their networks and NETGEAR’s selection of our ExtremeXOS-powered modular switch delivers the performance required of today’s dynamic enterprise,” said Eileen Brooker, Worldwide Vice President Alliances and OEMs for Extreme Networks. “This strong relationship between Extreme and NETGEAR is a testimonial to Extreme Networks flexibility and growing presence as a strategic product partner and innovative solutions provider.”

“Today, with the addition of the customized Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 8800 series modular switch to our existing business class products, NETGEAR further extends our portfolio of smarter solutions to IT departments who demand higher value and performance from their network infrastructure,” said Shane Buckley, SVP and GM of NETGEAR’s SMB Business Unit. “NETGEAR’s network infrastructure offerings now reach from the network edge to the core, delivering a complete suite for the midsized enterprise.”

Extreme Networks will provide certain chassis, management and switching modules with its award-winning BlackDiamond® 8800 modular switches to complement NETGEAR’s suite of end-to-end networking, storage and security solutions that serve the growing needs of enterprises. The relationship is a multi-year agreement through 2013 and shipments are expected to start early in calendar year 2011.