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Interview: Extreme Networks' Mark Canepa: Page 2 of 4

Will you do the same for ExtremeXOS, your operating system?

Well, you never know. Right now there aren't any plans to do that, but we'll see what's in the best interest of our company and our customers. Our intent is to have a developer community in place, and attract people who want to attach middleware between our platforms and whatever apps may be out there. If we do this right, it will be viral. And then we'll see what the next steps are.

As networks move to VoIP and unified communications, partnerships among software and hardware vendors are crucial. How does your dance card look?

We've created a lot of partnerships specifically focused on VoIP. We have Avaya, Siemens, ShoreTel and a number of others. In many cases we collaborate all the way down to the engineering level. We focus on making sure the right software runs on our platforms. For example, Avaya's CNA application has modules that operate right inside our network platforms, which provides an intimate linkage between our switches and the telephony app.

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