Corporate Information

Principals

Cabletron Systems, a premier provider of world-class networking solutions, delivers reliable network access and communications to millions of people worldwide. With scaleable products designed for Global 1000 enterprise networks, service providers and small businesses, Cabletron is the e-business communications specialist in the emerging Internet economy.

Today, Cabletron is a $1.5 billion technology innovator with 5,500 employees in 27 countries, led by Chairman and CEO Piyush Patel. The company is the market leader in Layer 3 switching, with a commanding 29% share of the market, holds the #1 position in the DSL market, and is regarded as providing the de facto networking management standard. Leaders in the emerging Internet economy—such as UUnet, Mindspring, Rogers Communications, GTE Internetworking, Covad and NorthPoint—depend on Cabletron to securely and reliably deliver massive amounts of data, carry DSL into small businesses and homes, and manage their extensive networks.

SPECTRUM network management, now used by GTE, MCI, Sprint and others, manages over 70% of Internet traffic in the U.S. Worldwide market leaders from a variety of industries, including The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Amgen and Daewoo, rely on Cabletron solutions to help maintain efficiency and profitability. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange for more than a decade under the symbol CS, Cabletron is an S&P 500 index company.