With the recessionary feel of the current economic environment, punctuated by a deceleration in IT spending, what are the chances for an Ethernet switching company with flat to declining market share and increasing competition in an already crowded market? Pretty good, at least according to the president and CEO of Extreme Networks. Despite expectations of consolidation in the Ethernet switching industry and a need for players to attain expertise in Web 2.0, collaboration, video and other trendy new software applications, Extreme says the time is ripe to be small, nimble and one of the best at what it initially set out to do - build Ethernet networks. "We're focused on Ethernet and the network, and we stay there," says Extreme CEO Mark Canepa. "We should stay focused to those things that we are really good at. And then to go create the right set of partnerships."
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