Extreme Networks Achieves 133% Increase Year over Year for 10 Gigabit Ethernet Ports Addressing Data Center

In the year-over-year comparison ending June 2012, Extreme Networks achieved a 50% revenue growth rate in high performance 10 GbE switch market. Demand for cloud and data center networking is on the rise, and according to the Dell'Oro Group's Ethernet Switch Five-Year Forecast announced this month, revenue from 10GbE switch sales will be the most impactful part of the overall Ethernet switch revenue by 2015.

"Our momentum with 10GbE switch revenue for customers building virtualized data centers, Internet Exchanges and HPC infrastructure positions us well to accelerate our share in key markets," said David Ginsburg, chief marketing officer for Extreme Networks. "These results demonstrate that customers are taking notice of our best-in-class products."