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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Extreme Networks Launches Widget Central for Shared Network Enhancements and Developer's Tools
Santa Clara, CA - Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced Widget Central, a new onlineresource that facilitates the free exchange, development, and modification
of company and community-sponsored network enhancements through
downloadable widgets. These enhancements address the deployment,
monitoring, operations, and optimization needs of enterprises. Extreme
Networks(R) has concurrently announced the controlled release of its
Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for ExtremeXOS(R), the industry's first
modular operating system for LAN switches.
Widget Central, found at
http://www.extremenetworks.com/solutions/widget-central, is an innovative,
free online resource designed to help customers achieve the perfect balance
of acquisition costs, operational expenses, and solutions capabilities. To
celebrate the site's launch, Extreme Networks has contributed over 25
widgets that deliver immediate value for customers and also provide
reference widgets for developers. In a separate announcement today, Extreme
Networks has detailed a series of new network solutions and an update to
the ExtremeXOS operating system, all targeted at meeting the challenge of
perfect balance in Enterprise networks.
"Widget Central will radically change how customers think about their
network and their networking vendor," said Scott Lucas, senior director of
solutions marketing for Extreme Networks, Inc. "Now, users can easily
benefit from Extreme Networks innovative network extensibility technologies
for faster deployment, easier operations, better visibility, and enhanced
performance. The initial widgets provided by Extreme Networks are great
examples of how customers can manage energy usage of power over Ethernet
ports, deploy consistent security configurations, and automate dynamic
configurations across the network. We are tremendously excited by the
potential for community- developed enhancements as the site grows and
matures."
Widgets are organized into four categories: deployment, monitoring,
operations, and optimization. Deployment widgets help customers quickly
configure the network for specific security and convergence needs.
Operations widgets enable customers to react to network events, such as the
connection of a new handset to the network. Optimization widgets help
customers tune network performance, and monitoring widgets provide
customers with information on the health of the network. All widgets are
freely downloadable and can be modified to suit specific needs. In the
spirit of community participation, widgets can be enhanced and shared among
users of Extreme Networks products.
Extreme Networks new SDK benefits technology partners, value-added
resellers, and customers who seek to extend and enhance their solutions
through web services-based interactions with the ExtremeXOS operating
system. The SDK and associated support resources from Extreme Networks help
developers leverage a comprehensive set of application programming
interfaces (APIs). These tested and mature interfaces have been used
internally to integrate ExtremeXOS with Extreme Networks EPICenter(TM)
management platform, the ScreenPlay on-switch management tool, and the
Sentriant(TM) NG threat detection and mitigation appliance.
Availability:
Widget Central is available now by visiting the following link:
http://www.extremenetworks.com/solutions/widget-central
Extreme Networks, Inc.
Extreme Networks designs, builds and installs Ethernet infrastructure
solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. The
Company's commitment to open networking sets it apart from the alternatives
by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications
and services. Extreme Networks believes openness is the best foundation for
growth, freedom, flexibility and choice. Extreme Networks focuses on
enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged
networks that support voice, video and data over a wired and wireless
infrastructure. For more information, visit:
http://www.extremenetworks.com.
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