The Iowa Telecommunications Association's 13th Annual Convention and Trade Show will be held November 8-10, 2009 at the Downtown Marriott at 700 Grand Avenue in Des Moines. The Iowa Telecommunications Association (ITA) is the nation's largest member telephone association with 147 active telephone company members. Established in 1896, it is the largest and second oldest state telephone association in the United States.

About Extreme Networks, Inc.

Extreme Networks provides converged Ethernet networks that support data, voice and video for enterprises and service providers. The company's network solutions feature high performance and high availability switching that deliver insight and control enabling customers to solve their real-world business communications challenges. Operating in more than 50 countries, Extreme Networks provides wired and wireless secure LANs, data center infrastructure and Service Provider Ethernet transport solutions that are complemented by global, 24x7 service and support. For more information, visit http://www.extremenetworks.com.

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"Carriers around the world are deploying next-generation networks to enable an array of services that fulfill subscribers' increasing expectations for an outstanding service experience," said Aziz Ala'ali, Regional Director for Extreme Networks, Middle East & Africa. "Our new BlackDiamond 20804 Ethernet Transport switch joins the BlackDiamond 20808 to offer a broad range of Ethernet Transport solutions that will provide carriers with lasting value as they deploy next-generation networks." For Tier 2 and Tier 3 carriers migrating from SONET/SDH and 1 Gigabit Ethernet rings to 10 Gigabit Ethernet rings, the BlackDiamond 20804 provides industry-leading 120 Gbps per slot line-rate switching capacity in a 4-slot chassis, supporting up to 32 line-rate 10 GE ports per (C) 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)

"Akibia is a long-term, global partner that is important to the delivery of our solutions," said Christopher Rajiah, Director of North American Channels at Extreme Networks. "Akibia's certified, highly experienced team ensures that our customers gain maximum advantage from Extreme Networks devices by designing, implementing and supporting solutions that ensure peak performance."

Akibia's team helps customers develop and implement a complete infrastructure that leverages proven solutions, policies, people, processes and procedures. As an independent, trusted advisor to its customers, Akibia partners with best-in-breed technology providers like Extreme Networks to deliver innovative solutions designed to ensure peak performance of customers' network infrastructure.

"Akibia is honored to be recognized by Extreme Networks as the Top Platinum Contributor," said Tom Tucker, president of Akibia. "The award highlights the strength of Akibia's talented sales, engineering and support teams who are able to create, implement and support solutions that deliver real value to our customers."

About Akibia, Inc.

Akibia provides innovative IT solutions that enable leading companies worldwide to optimize, secure, manage and support their mission-critical infrastructure. As an independent advisor, Akibia partners with its customers to deliver solutions that improve the availability and performance of their data center and security infrastructure. Combining expert consulting, integration and support services with world-class customer service, Akibia helps IT organizations maximize the value of their existing infrastructure, while mitigating risk and reducing complexity. Founded as Polaris Service in 1988 and headquartered in Massachusetts, Akibia is an independent services company with offices throughout the United States and Europe. Contact Akibia at 1-866-4-AKIBIA or www.Akibia.com

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"Wireless is a critical part of the connected enterprise and Motorola's innovative WLAN solutions combined with its size and experience deliver smart connectivity to enterprises, making our relationship an essential one for customers," said Aziz Ala'ali, Regional Director for Extreme Networks, Middle East & Africa. "The close alignment of our goals speaks to the broad and exciting vision for high-performance, Internet-connected data and communications in every business setting." IEEE's 802.11n standard was recently ratified, allowing for greater speeds, performance and user density to support high density VoIP sessions, high-definition video conferences, and the seamless use of faster connections for business applications at the edge, via a wired or wireless port.

Motorola's WLAN technology leads the industry with its time-proven resiliency, gap-free security, pervasive management, remote monitoring and policy enforcement, which substantially reduce network deployment and maintenance costs, and ensures the availability of wireless connectivity in every corner of the enterprise.

"The agreement between Motorola and Extreme Networks provides organizations with the opportunity to create the wired and wireless network of choice bringing high-performance connectivity and the benefits of mobility through our innovative wireless LAN solutions," said Bob Sanders, vice president and general manager for Wireless Network Solutions, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions. "Motorola has a legacy of delivering innovative mobility solutions providing businesses with tremendous flexibility in architecting their networks," said Sujai Hajela, vice president and general manager for Enterprise WLAN, Motorola Enterprise Mobility Solutions. "By teaming with Extreme Networks we see a strong opportunity to deliver wired-wireless converged edge solutions that can help customers achieve a mobile edge." (C) 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)