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Published on: 3/4/2004
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"We wanted to build a backbone that would support any applications we would need in the future," says Terry Simpson, Director of Technology.
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When we learned more about Extreme's solution, we realized that the solution not only delivered the performance we were after, but the low price per port created tremendous value for us," adds Mr. Simpson.
"With Extreme Networks we can meet our needs today and seamlessly scale to meet future needs without scaling cost or complexity.Extreme's sales team and local support team worked closely with us to understand our needs and where we were going.While other vendors were figuring out how to do it, Extreme was figuring out the best way to do it."
- Terry Simpson, Director of Technology
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"Extreme is ahead of the class when it comes to quality of service," says Mr. Simpson.
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"As we move forward with new applications that leverage our Extreme infrastructure, we realize how rock-solid our network is, and how superior our QoS capabilities are," adds Mr. Simpson.
Managing Network Growth and SecurityWith an IT staff of two providing all of the management and administration for the seven district locations, it was important that a high-performance network didn't mean high-maintenance.Administrative ease and simplicity were vital to the long-term success of the new network.
"The nice thing about Extreme's solution is that we can continue to grow our network, and the services we run over the network, without increasing administrative and management requirements," explains Mr. Simpson.
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"With Extreme Networks we can meet our needs today and seamlessly scale to meet future needs without scaling cost or complexity," says Mr. Simpson.