Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Extreme treads water

Cisco rival Extreme exiting network stage?; Extreme Networks replaces CEO, lays off 70
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Extreme treads water

Extreme Networks this week finds itself with wounded revenues, an interim CEO, and doubts about its future. Read full story

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Cisco rival Extreme exiting network stage?
Extreme Networks last week bid adieu to its CEO and 9% of its workforce -- or about 70 people -- before announcing today that its first quarter fell far short of expectations. It begs the question of whether Extreme, with a flat 1.5% revenue share of the $19 billion Ethernet switching market for the past two years, can continue to survive at this pace.

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