Extreme Networks' Customers Recognized as Prestigious Computerworld Honors Program Laureates

1 January 1970

Extreme Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR) today announced that its customers, Discovery Communications' Discovery Education, for its "unitedstreaming" video streaming service for K-12 schools, and the University of California (UC) Merced, for its identity-based architecture and strategy, have been recognized as Laureates by the Computerworld Honors Society for having exceptional technology innovations that benefit greater society.

Selected from an international collection of leading organizations, Discovery Education and UC Merced were honored this week as having IT projects that reflect originality of conception, breadth of vision, and serve as a significant benefit to society in the areas of electronic media and education. Both organizations have submitted detailed case studies of their projects to the Computerworld Honors Program archive, where they will be displayed and available as a source of material for scholars and individuals hoping to use information technology to benefit society.

"The achievements of UC Merced and Discovery Communications are highly deserving of Laureate awards due to their proven success, uniqueness and the potential for others to learn from them," said Gordon L. Stitt, president and CEO of Extreme Networks(R) and a member of the Computerworld Honors Program Chairmen's Committee. "The projects, incorporating intelligent streaming video and a universal identification system, signify the value of innovation, connected networks and the collective efforts of many professionals."

UC Merced, the first research university built in the 21st century, has implemented an architecture based on a universal identity management system that gives each individual affiliated with the university a unique identifier that is maintained for life, as opposed to separate identifiers in the context of single departments or stages of education. The architecture supports a universal portal where everyone affiliated with the university -- students, faculty, staff, alumni and others -- can go to locate information and access applications. Informed by the identity management system, the portal determines which information and resources should be accessible to any given user at the moment of logon. An individual with multiple roles will see the composite set of facilities.

Discovery Education's unitedstreaming technology provides digital video and multimedia-based learning content to students, parents, and educators. Originating from the commitment to improve people's lives by developing and distributing high-quality, effective educational materials, unitedstreaming provides a video-on-demand learning experience that has been proven to improve student performance significantly in the subjects of Social Studies, Science, and Math. Through its public service initiatives, products, and partnerships, Discovery Education reaches over 90,000 schools across the United States, serving 1.5 million teachers and their 35 million students each year.

Established in 1988, The Computerworld Honors Program brings together the Chairmen or Chief Executive Officers of the world's foremost information technology companies to recognize and document the achievements of individuals and organizations around the world, whose visionary applications of information technology promote positive social, economic and educational change. Each year, members of the Computerworld Honors Chairmen's Committee submit nominations for organizations they feel demonstrated extraordinary use of information technology in 10 distinct categories of industry-related endeavor. The categories are: Business & Related Services; Education & Academia; Environment, Energy & Agriculture; Finance, Insurance & Real Estate; Government & Non-Profit Organizations; Manufacturing; Media, Arts & Entertainment; Medicine; Science and Transportation.

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