Extreme Networks, Inc.’s modular switching solution, the BlackDiamond 10K and 8800, this week received the highest recognition for real-world technology innovation having been named “InfoWorld’s 2007 Technology Product of the Year.” This is the third annual award since 2004 given to the BlackDiamond® platform, which features the innovative ExtremeXOS™ modular operating system and wire-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance.
The high-performance BlackDiamond 10K and 8800 switches were granted Technology Product of the Year for networking for its overall performance, reliability and distinctive attributes, including high availability through software and hardware, fast 10 Gigabit switching performance, and its comprehensiveness and ease-of-management.
“InfoWorld takes industry-leading solutions such as our BlackDiamond switch and performs meaningful analysis for enterprise readers, evaluating how the solution will perform within real-world converged enterprise environments while also delivering insightful management and meaningful infrastructure control” said Chris Moore, Regional Director ME & Africa for Extreme Networks. “The BlackDiamond, having once again been named ‘Technology Product of the Year,’ further reinforces how our solutions and innovative software platform, ExtremeXOS, truly delivers value and results for customers. Adding this award to the BlackDiamond 8800’s role in the winning entry for the Super Computing Bandwidth Challenge at S|C 2006 is significant recognition and praise.”
This year’s award is a result of a 2006 Ethernet switch shootout performed at Infoworld’s University of Hawaii Advanced Network Computing Lab (ANCL), where veteran editors aimed to demonstrate how today’s 10 Gigabit LAN switching solutions have evolved to support the management of converged applications, including voice, video and data, on a production data network.
Upon the outcome of the 10 Gigabit convergence shootout, the editors commented:
• “BlackDiamond (switches) can function in any high-performance switching environment, from the carrier-class situations to corporate datacenters, and you’ll find specific optimizing features for each.”
• “Extreme machines took everything our Spirent TestCenters tossed at them with a smile. The fun stuff didn’t start until we began our optional testing. First, Extreme insisted on doing some fail-over testing, dropping network links in the midst of traffic transmissions with nary a bit escaping.”
• “Setting up an advanced switching topology in what amounts to a single day is a solid achievement for any platform but Extreme really nailed it. These products clicked together like well-oiled machines — so well that we were completely through our baseline testing on the very first day.”
This honor adds to Extreme Networks’ unprecedented history of receiving broad recognition from industry experts for its family of Ethernet switching solutions. Extreme Networks is the only vendor to win the prestigious NetWorld+InterOp “Best of Show” award back-to-back for five years.
About InfoWorld Awards
InfoWorld awards recognize significant technologies of the past year that promise to make the greatest impact on enterprise IT strategies as well as the products that best exemplify the implementation of those technologies. The InfoWorld “Technology of the Year” awards include only products reviewed by InfoWorld's Test Center during the previous year; all final selections are made by InfoWorld's Test Center analysts and editors. For more information, visit: www.infoworld.com
Extreme Networks, Inc.
Extreme Networks designs, builds, and installs Ethernet infrastructure solutions that solve the toughest business communications challenges. Our commitment to open networking sets us apart from the alternatives by delivering meaningful insight and unprecedented control to applications and services. We believe openness is the best foundation for growth, freedom, flexibility, and choice. We focus on enterprises and service providers who demand high performance, converged networks that support voice, video and data, over a wired and wireless infrastructure.
