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Extreme Networks Overview

Extreme Networks is a company that provides networking solutions for large businesses and telecommunications carriers. It was founded in 1996 and its headquarters are located in Santa Clara, California. Since it began its operations, the company has acquired several other IT service providers such as Mammoth Technology in 1996, Optranet and Webstacks in 2001.

Network switches are the company's most popular products and have won numerous awards. The Summit1 Gigabit Ethernet switch, which first shipped in 1997, has won the “Best of the Best Grand Winner” award at the Networld+Interop trade show that was held the same year. In addition to hardware, the company also provides management solutions and software. One of its unique characteristics is that Extreme Networks has created a proprietary operating system called the ExtremeXOS to power most of its networking equipment.

Extreme Networks Job Information

There are currently 786 people employed by Extreme Networks. A very generous benefits package is available for those employed by Extreme, such as full medical and dental coverage, plus a vision plan that is provided to employees for free. A 401(K) plan is available to all employees from their first day, with the employer matching 50 cents of every dollar, up to 2.5% of the total pay for each period. Additional benefits include business travel accident coverage, educational assistance, employee discounts on products and even pet insurance.