Extreme Networks, Inc. engages in the development and sale of network infrastructure equipment. It offers related services contracts for extended warranty and maintenance to its enterprise, data center, and metropolitan telecommunications service provider customers. The company's product categories include modular ethernet switching systems, stackable ethernet switching systems, wireless ethernet controllers and access points and centralized management software. The company was founded by Gordon L. Stitt and Herb Schneider in May 1996 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.