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• Enterasys links up with PCM on a cloud-based Wi-Fi service

  Enterasys Networks joined with PCM to unveil a cloud-based Wi-Fi service that offers daily management, access point hardware, software and network setup for one monthly fee.

• Ethernet consolidation: Extreme snaps up Enterasys for $180 million

  Looking to bulk up its often flat Ethernet fortunes, Extreme Networks today grabbed up Enterasys Networks for a cash price of $180 million.

• Ethernet consolidation: Extreme snaps up Enterasys for $180 million

  Looking to bulk up its often flat Ethernet fortunes, Extreme Networks today grabbed up Enterasys Networks for a cash price of $180 million.

• Eagles' fans can access free Wi-Fi net at home opener

  Philadelphia Eagles fans attending Sunday's home opener at Lincoln Financial Field will be able to access a new free Wi-Fi network to watch game video, visit social networks or even order food.

• Enterasys boosts productivity with Microsoft SharePoint alternative

  Enterasys Networks, the Salem, N.H., maker of networking and security products, found coordinating collaboration among staff, suppliers and partners was cumbersome using Microsoft's SharePoint so went looking for a simpler way that wound up saving money by boosting efficiency.

• Enterasys looks to take on Cisco, HP in fabrics

  <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/100611-enterasys-crowell-251688.html">Enterasys Networks</a> this week unveiled a switching fabric designed to unify the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/data-center.html">data center</a>, campus and wired and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/wireless.html">wireless</a> enterprise edge.

• Enterasys CEO: Total cost of ownership sets us apart

  How's this for a challenge? The CEO dies suddenly and you're tabbed to take his place -- on the heels of your network infrastructure company entering into a major new strategic partnership and in the midst of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Oh, did I mention your competition includes some companies named <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/cisco/">Cisco</a> Systems, Hewlett-Packard and Juniper Networks, among others? That's life for Chris Crowell, CEO of Enterasys Networks, who took over in 2009 shortly after predecessor <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/092408-fabiaschi-dies.html">Mike Fabiaschi's untimely death</a>. Since then, Crowell has refreshed Enterasys' product line, pushed for the development of innovative new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/060811-enterasys-isaac.html">social media-based</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/network-management.html">network management</a> capabilities that promise to make life easier for network admins, and achieved record sales in the last financial quarter. In this latest installment of the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/keywords/ceo-interviews.html">IDG Enterprise CEO Interview Series</a>, Crowell spoke with IDGE Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how Enterasys is competing against networking's big dogs, explored an upcoming fabric launch expected in October and talked about the company's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/072908-siemens-enterasys.html?hpg1=bn%25252520">partnership with Siemens Enterprise Communications</a>. He also explained why "Isaac" is so important and where Enterasys plans to take the technology.

• Enterasys rolls out data center manager

  Enterasys Networks this week is unveiling a management system designed to provide visibility, automation and control over physical and virtual data center resources.