Extreme Networks, Avaya, and Empire Technologies Deliver Converged Network and IP Telephony for New Jersey Township

SANTA CLARA, CA and BASKING RIDGE, NJ, Aug 05 (MARKET
WIRE) --
Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR), and Avaya, a leading global
provider of business communications applications, systems and services,
today announced that the Township of Middletown, New Jersey, with the
help of Avaya Platinum BusinessPartner Empire Technologies, has deployed
converged network and IP telephony solutions that allow it to increase
consistency of communications, response times and productivity by more
than fifty percent.

Middletown, which has a population of about 67,000, is located in Monmouth
County, New Jersey. Many of the Township's municipal buildings, including
its main administration building, the department of public works, three
parks department buildings, and the Johnson Gill annex, were already
networked together. When it implemented IP telephony from Avaya,
Middletown also upgraded its network to support its requirements for
data, VoIP and related unified communications, and to attain the
transmission speed and reliability required for the new, high-performance
applications.

"In building a new convergence infrastructure and supporting
communications applications, our primary concerns were seamless
integration, performance and having a strong relationship and
understanding with our vendors," said Todd Costello, IT manager for the
Township of Middletown. "With Avaya, Extreme Networks(R) and Empire
Technologies, we satisfied this need. In terms of productivity and
response time, we are seeing a 50-75 percent improvement in our staff's
response time to vendor calls and inquiries from residents. That adds up,
and definitely affects the bottom line in a positive way."

The Township had to support video surveillance, VoIP for phones and
traditional applications and its IT staff spent time at the Avaya
interoperability lab. After experiencing Extreme Networks and Avaya
converged solutions in action, working with it, and realizing the depth of
integration for a complete converged network solution, the choice became
clear.

"Middletown represents a terrific example of how Extreme Networks and
Avaya provide a network foundation and feature-rich communication
solutions that positively impact the daily operations for our government
customers," said Paul Hooper, chief marketing officer for Extreme
Networks. "This results in a dependable converged system able to support
their mission critical applications while delivering higher value and
greater productivity for employees."

Empire Technologies, which specializes in supporting the integration of
advanced voice, video and data, was chosen to bring it all together.
"After learning more about what the Township wanted to accomplish, we
thought an Extreme data solution was the perfect answer and the
Middletown Township team agreed," said Cordell Toson, president and CEO
for Empire Technologies.

"To serve our customers and enable them to reap the benefits of IP
telephony -- such as improved customer service -- it's important that we
integrate with and support product lines from vendors such as Extreme
Networks," said Richard O'Hara, director, strategic alliances, Avaya.
"Avaya is focused on building a reliable, ubiquitous, secure,
open-standards based communication foundation across the variety of
networks and technologies that our customers use."

Avaya provided Middletown with an advanced IP telephony solution that
features an Avaya S8500 Media Server with industry-leading Avaya
Communication Manager, the company's IP telephony platform. The S8500
Media Server is designed for a distributed enterprise over an IP
infrastructure. Middletown's network also includes an Avaya G650 Media
Gateway, which has the features, scalability, and system uptime that
enterprises require for mission-critical telephony applications, and
Avaya 4600 Series IP telephones. Middletown is using Avaya Site
Administrator software, which is part of Avaya's suite of network
administration tools, and the Extreme Network EPICenter(R) network
management application, to monitor and manage its converged network.

Extreme Networks provided Middletown with a consistent converged network
solution based on its BlackDiamond(R) 8800 modular switch and Summit(R)
edge switches. This is boosted with consistent software with advanced
security and convergence features. Middletown can specify bandwidth
priority, and minimum and maximum bandwidth per traffic group, which
enables the creation of policies that guarantee network availability for
voice traffic even during times of network congestion. This performance
and consistency became significant when Township employees are downloading
hefty video files and simultaneously utilizing VoIP.

About Avaya

Avaya delivers Intelligent Communications solutions that help companies
transform their businesses to achieve marketplace advantage. More than 1
million businesses worldwide, including more than 90 percent of the
FORTUNE 500(R), use Avaya solutions for IP Telephony, Unified
Communications, Contact Centers and Communications-Enabled Business
Processes. Avaya Global Services provides comprehensive service and
support for companies, small to large. For more information visit the
Avaya Web site: http://www.avaya.com.

About 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

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set
forth in this press release, including without limitation statements as to
features and benefits of the EPICenter, BlackDiamond and Summit products
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
forward-looking statements speak only as of the date. Because such
statements deal with future events, they are subject to risks and
uncertainties, including network design and actual results of use of the
product in different environments. We undertake no obligation to update
the forward-looking information in this release. Other important factors
which could cause actual results to differ materially are contained in the
Company's 10-Qs and 10-Ks which are on file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. http://www.sec.gov

Copyright 2008 Extreme Networks, Inc. All rights reserved. Extreme
Networks, EPICenter, BlackDiamond and Summit are either registered
trademarks or trademarks of Extreme Networks, Inc. in the United States
and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.

For more information, contact:

Extreme Networks Public Relations
Greg Cross
(408) 579 3483
Email Contact

Avaya Public Relations
Barbara Burgess
(908) 953-3348
Email Contact

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