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Company Name: Cabletron Systems

Description: Cabletron Systems, a company that was responsible for initiating the boom in Internet in the early 90’s, was established by Craig Benson in 1983. Mr. Benson established the company in his Massachusetts garage. Subsequently, the company was transferred to its new headquarters in Rochester, New Hampshire where over 6,500 employees are presently housed.

In 2000, the company underwent a reorganization process. Cabletron was made a holding firm for other groups engaged in networking such as Enterasys Networks which was later enter into a merger agreement with Cabletron. As a consequence of the merger, a new company was established in 2001 called the Enterasys. In 2006, the Gores Group acquired Enterasys.

Cabletron Systems also became a holding company for various firms such as the Aprisma Management Technologies of Durham, New Hampshire, Global networks Technology Services of Woodland, Texas, and Riverstone Networks in Santa Clara, California.

During the company’s inception in 1983, Cabletron Systems became highly successful in designing and manufacturing high density 10-Base-T Ethernet hubs. The company also had success in router and other networking solutions. However, as a result of the stiff competition from Cisco Systems and 3Com, the company’s performance in its product line experienced a major blow.

Cabletron Systems is presently known as Entrasys and the company’s primary product line is derived from Cabletron Systems’ original blueprint. The company’s primary product line is divided into four categories, namely, core, data center, edge and distribution. The company’s Data center integrated the Matrix N and X-series data servers then subsequently the core distribution devices, Matrix N1, N3 N7 and the X series.

The company’s products can also be grouped according to infrastructure size and complexity, namely, small/low groups, medium/moderate enterprise and large/high organizations.

Entrasys also offers products according to the specifications of the customer. These specialized hardware solutions may include Security Enabled Infrastructure, Advanced Security applications and Visibility and Control. Product lines for the Advanced Security Applications are the Dragon Security Common Console and Intrusion Detection/Prevention System. These systems are regarded as the user’s backbone to secure and protect data centers from any probable security breaches.

The company also provides solution for administrative computer users to help them control and regulate all undertakings within a closed-network group. This is made possible through the company’s products called Entrasys Network Access Control, and the Dragon Security Command Console.

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