SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 15, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ -- Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced its participation in the educational track at the Data Center Dynamics conference in San Francisco, on Friday, July 16th.

Shehzad Merchant, senior director of strategy for Extreme Networks, will discuss the needs for efficient, scalable, automated and customized networks in the data center, highlighting the transition from a physical network, to a virtual network and onto the cloud. The discussion highlights the transformation from a dedicated, or siloed, application specific network to a shared and outsourced cloud infrastructure, where increased automation and customization of the network are critical.

    Event: Data Center Dynamics Conference
    Session Title:  Data Center Virtualization - from Physical to Virtual
     to Cloud
    Presenter: Shehzad Merchant, sr. director of strategy for Extreme
     Networks
    Place: Hilton Hotel, 333 O'Farrell St, San Francisco, Calif.
    Date: Friday, July 16th / 11:05 am -11:50 am PDT

Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks provides converged Ethernet and data center networks that support data, voice and video for enterprises and service providers. The company's network solutions feature high performance and high availability switching that deliver insight and control enabling customers to solve their real-world business communications challenges. Operating in more than 50 countries, Extreme Networks provides wired and wireless secure LANs, data center infrastructure and Service Provider Ethernet transport solutions that are complemented by global, 24x7 service and support. For more information, visit: http://www.extremenetworks.com

Extreme Networks is a registered trademark of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.

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