Force10 Networks: News and Events

Press Releases

2004

December 13, 2004

OSI SYSTEMS DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO PROVIDE UNMATCHED RESILIENCY, CAPACITY AND PERFORMANCE FOR BUSINESS CRITICAL NETWORK CORE

Force10 Networks today announced that OSI Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: OSIS), has deployed the Force10 E-Series in the core of its corporate network to guarantee predictable performance. Read more >

December 7, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS CEO MARC RANDALL OUTLINES THE RISE OF CLUSTER ECONOMICS AT LEHMAN BROTHERS TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE

Enterprises across a range of industries will gain competitive advantages and increase revenue as they leverage cluster computing to change the way they do business, said Force10 Networks CEO Marc Randall today at the Lehman Brothers Semiconductor and Hardware Private Company Conference in San Francisco. Read more >

December 6, 2004

INDUSTRY ANALYST FIRM POSITIONS FORCE10 NETWORKS AS A VISIONARY IN GLOBAL CAMPUS LAN MAGIC QUADRANT 2004

Force10 Networks has been positioned in the visionary quadrant of Gartner’s Global Campus LAN Magic Quadrant for 2004, authored by Mark Fabbi and released on Dec. 5, 2004. Read more >

November 16, 2004

FORCE10’S TERASCALE E-SERIES SETS SPEED, DISTANCE AND THROUGHPUT RECORDS DURING DEMONSTRATIONS AT SUPERCOMPUTING EVENT

Force10 Networks today announced that the TeraScale E-Series powered the winning demonstrations at SuperComputing 2004’s annual Bandwidth Challenge, including the demonstration that set a new land speed record. Read more >

November 11, 2004

FOUR OF THE WORLD’S 15 FASTEST SUPERCOMPUTERS ARE POWERED BY FORCE10 E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS

Force10 Networks today announced that the E-Series powers four of the top 15 fastest supercomputers in the world, including one of the top five, according to a list published Tuesday by Top500.org that measures the performance of supercomputers worldwide. Read more >

November 9, 2004

THE TOLLY GROUP VERIFIES THE FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES DELIVERS SUPERIOR RESILIENCY AND FAILOVER CHARACTERISTICS

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series switch/routers deliver the superior resiliency, scalability and security capabilities required in complex mission critical networks, according to independent testing results from The Tolly Group. During the testing, the Force10 TeraScale E1200, which leads the industry in Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet densities, consistently demonstrated that it is ideally suited for high performance networks. Read more >

November 8, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO DEMONSTRATE RECORD SETTING LINE-RATE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DENSITY AND THROUGHPUT DURING SUPERCOMPUTING 2004

Force10 Networks today announced that it will demonstrate an industry leading 44 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis while supporting nearly a terabit per second of network traffic during the SuperComputing 2004 conference. Read more >

November 3, 2004

SRS SAKURA INTERNET DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES IN JAPAN’S FASTEST NETWORK TO INCREASE RESILIENCY

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing, today announced that Japanese service and content provider SRS Sakura Internet has deployed the E-Series to build a reliable line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet infrastructure. Read more >

November 1, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS ADDS VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES TO RAPIDLY EXPANDING WORLDWIDE SALES TEAM

Force10 Networks today announced that it has named John Erdman vice president of strategic alliances. Read more >

October 20, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO EXPAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH NEW FACILITY IN INDIA

Force10 Networks today announced that it will expand its global research and development program with the opening of a new facility in Chennai, India. Read more >

October 18, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS AND META GROUP TO EXPLORE TRUE COSTS OF NETWORK OWNERSHIP IN WEBINAR SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that it will explore the impact of high density systems on capital and operational expenditures during the webinar, “TCO Modeling and Understanding Where the Real Costs Reside,” on Tuesday, October 19, at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET. Read more >

October 13, 2004

FORCE10 CHOOSES IXIA TO VERIFY INDUSTRY-LEADING PERFORMANCE AND THROUGHPUT OF TERASCALE E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS

Force10 Networks today announced that The Tolly Group verified the industry-leading performance of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series switch/routers using sophisticated IP network testing solutions from Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA). Read more >

October 11, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS HIGHLIGHTS THE APPLICATION ADVANTAGES OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET FOR THE OIL AND GAS SERVICES INDUSTRY DURING THE SEG EXPOSITION

Force10 Networks today announced that it is highlighting the role of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in enabling a new generation of exploration applications for the oil and gas services industry during the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) International Exposition, Oct. 10-15, 2004, in Denver, booth 1265. Read more >

September 21, 2004

JAPAN CABLENET DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND RESILIENCY IN NETWORK CORE

Force10 Networks today announced that Japan Cablenet has deployed the Force10 E-Series to improve the performance, resiliency and security of its core network. The Force10 E300 delivers the resiliency Japan Cablenet needs to offer advanced broadband services, such as voice over IP and streaming media, to its growing customer base. Read more >

September 15, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO HOST WEBINAR HIGHLIGHTING THE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF GREATER DENSITY AND RESILIENCY

Force10 Networks will host a webinar on Thursday, September 16, at 11:00 a.m. PT / 2:00 p.m. ET, to discuss the economic benefits of higher system-level port density and resiliency. This week Force10 introduced its TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers, which sets new industry standards for Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet densities. Read more >

September 13, 2004

TOLLY GROUP TESTING VALIDATES THAT FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES SETS BENCHMARK FOR GIGABIT AND 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DENSITY AND PERFORMANCE

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series switch/routers deliver the foremost Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet density, according to independent test results released today from The Tolly Group. During testing, the Force10 TeraScale E1200 achieved 100 percent line-rate throughput across 672 Gigabit and 56 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports. Based on these results, The Tolly Group named the TeraScale E1200 the “First” Terabit switch/router. Read more >

September 13, 2004

FORCE10 INTRODUCES TERASCALE E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS WITH THE INDUSTRY’S BEST GIGABIT AND 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET DENSITY, THROUGHPUT AND PRICE

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in Ethernet innovation, today introduced the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers that delivers the industry’s highest Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet port densities, unprecedented price/performance and best-in-class resiliency. The Force10 TeraScale E-Series supports 56 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet and 672 line-rate Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis, more than twice the density of its nearest competitor. In addition, the TeraScale E-Series can process one billion packets per second, surpassing all competitive benchmarks to rank as the world’s first true Terabit switch/router. Read more >

August 3, 2004

CORNELL THEORY CENTER DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES IN WORLD’S FASTEST WINDOWS-BASED SUPERCOMPUTER

Force10 Networks today announced that the Cornell Theory Center (CTC) at Cornell University has deployed the Force10 E1200 in its newest high performance cluster, which recently ranked 68 among the world’s top supercomputers. The Force10 E-Series links 320 servers in a Windows-based cluster, delivering the reliability and port density that enables the CTC to develop new applications across a range of disparate fields, including computational finance, genomics, materials science and biomedical research. Read more >

July 14, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO HIGHLIGHT BENEFITS OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET IN ENTERPRISE CONVERGENCE DURING WEBINAR

Force10 Networks will review the steps that network operators should take today in order to be prepared for the transition to 10 Gigabit Ethernet in enterprise networks during a webinar on Thursday, July 15 at 2:00 pm EDT. Hosted by Light Reading, the webinar, “Enterprise Convergence: The Cost of Change,” will examine the architectural requirements and business implications of running voice, video and data over enterprise infrastructure. Read more >

July 1, 2004

FORCE10 SEES RESILIENCY AND PERFORMANCE DEMANDS DRIVING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ADOPTION IN EUROPEAN DATA CENTERS

The most significant impact of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in Europe will be in the corporate data center, where reliable infrastructure is crucial, Michael Augustine, Force10 Networks country manager for the UK, said today during a conference hosted by Force10 and attended by representatives from some of Europe’s leading oil and gas, media, finance, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and telecommunications enterprises. Read more >

June 29, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS JOINS INTERNET2

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in high performance switching and routing, today announced that it has joined Internet2®, the university-led advanced networking research and development consortium, to develop advanced network applications and technologies. Internet2, a partnership among academia, industry and government, is creating leading-edge networks that will ensure the rapid transfer of new network services and applications to the broader Internet community. Read more >

June 7, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS CLOSES $75 MILLION MEZZANINE FUNDING ROUND

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing, today announced it has closed a $74.9 million mezzanine round of funding, one of the networking industry’s largest in two years. Crosslink Capital joined co-leads Meritech Capital Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures as new investors in the company. Existing investors, including U.S. Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Worldview Technology Partners, also participated in the round. Read more >

June 1, 2004

EUROPEAN WEATHER SERVICE DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO MORE RAPIDLY PREDICT MEDIUM-RANGE FORECASTS

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching and routing, today announced that the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) has deployed the Force10 E-Series to increase the reliability of its data center network. Leveraging the scalability and predictable performance of the Force10 E-Series, the ECMWF is increasing the speed with which it analyzes meteorological observations to forecast the evolution of weather for up to 10 days. Read more >

May 26, 2004

FORCE10 CEO MARC RANDALL OUTLINES ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET AT CHINA METRO NETWORKS SUMMIT

Ten Gigabit Ethernet will help drive economic growth in China over the next decade by enabling new applications that facilitate high-speed voice, video and data interaction, Force10 Networks President and CEO Marc Randall said today in a keynote presentation to the China Metro Networks Elite Summit hosted by China’s Ministry of Information Industry. Read more >

May 11, 2004

EDITORS OF RED HERRING MAGAZINE NAME FORCE10 NETWORKS AS A TOP COMPANY TRANSFORMING THE TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY

Red Herring magazine today named Force10 Networks, a pioneer in 10 Gigabit switching and routing, to its Red Herring 100 list of private technology companies that are transforming marketplace dynamics. Force10 was selected by the editors of Red Herring based on the quality of the company’s business model, its strong customer base and industry partnerships as well as the depth of the management team’s experience. Read more >

May 11, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS INTRODUCES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO SIMPLIFY NETWORK OPERATIONS AND REDUCE ASSOCIATED COSTS

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in high performance switching and routing, today introduced the Force10 Management System (FTMS), a flexible graphical management tool that simplifies network management and reduces operating costs. With full management functionality and inventory control features to easily track and manage network devices, the FTMS provides network operators with the information to ensure predictable network performance. Read more >

May 5, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO SHOWCASE INDUSTRY-LEADING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET TECHNOLOGY DURING NETWORLD+INTEROP

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in high performance switching and routing, will showcase its industry-leading 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology at the Networld+Interop (N+I) 2004 conference in Las Vegas from May 11-13. The Force10 E-Series switch/routers bring the throughput and reliability of 10 Gigabit Ethernet to high performance networking environments such as NTT-ME, NASA and the National Center for Supercomputing Applications. Read more >

April 28, 2004

NTT-ME DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES FOR 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET UPGRADE TO DELIVER ADVANCED VOICE AND DATA SERVICES

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in high performance switching and routing, today announced that NTT-ME, a strategic subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation, has deployed the E-Series in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet core upgrade to provide new advanced services to its growing base of broadband subscribers. The Force10 E600 delivers the reliability and scalability at the network core that allows NTT-ME to extend its WAKWAK broadband service to subscribers across Japan. Read more >

April 14, 2004

NASA DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO INCREASE CAPABILITY OF PILOT TESTING PROGRAMS AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OVER LOCALLY DISTRIBUTED CLUSTERS

Force10 Networks today announced that the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) has deployed the E300 in its Goddard Space Flight Center, home to the largest organization of combined Earth and space scientists and engineers in the U.S. Leveraging the resiliency and scalability of the Force10 E-Series, NASA is planning to interconnect a number of high performance clusters to create more advanced computational models that will enable scientists to better explore and understand both the Earth and the universe. Read more >

March 30, 2004

LEADING KOREAN COLLEGE DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES FOR CAMPUS-WIDE HIGH PERFORMANCE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORK

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in scalable resiliency for high performance switching and routing, today announced that Korea’s Sangji Youngseo College has deployed the Force10 E-Series switch/routers to upgrade its campus network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet. Leveraging the E600’s scalability and resiliency, Sangji Youngseo College is expanding its network to provide an infrastructure that will deliver the reliability required for a high performance computing environment. Read more >

March 23, 2004

VERITAS DGC DEPLOYS FORCE10 TO BRING NETWORK RESILIENCY TO COMPLEX GEOPHYSICAL ANALYSIS BUSINESS

Force10 Networks today announced that Veritas DGC (NYSE: VTS) has deployed the Force10 E1200 in its data processing centers to increase the resiliency and predictable network performance required to provide its suite of integrated geophysical services worldwide. Deploying the Force10 E-Series of switch/routers ensures that Veritas DGC builds into the foundation of its computing clusters the scalability and resiliency that enable advanced new applications for analyzing data. Read more >

March 18, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS NAMED INVESTORS’ CHOICE AT PRESTIGIOUS NETWORK OUTLOOK CONFERENCE

More than 300 business leaders, venture capitalists, entrepreneurs and industry analysts selected Force10 Networks as Investors’ Choice at the recent Network Outlook Private Equity conference. The prestigious award recognizes the 10 private technology companies that are voted as best positioned for long-term success in the data communications industry. Read more >

March 17, 2004

JAPAN’S SECOND LARGEST ISP DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO BRING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ROUTING TO THEIR NETWORK

Force10 Networks today announced that BIGLOBE, NEC’s wholly-owned flagship Internet service provider, has deployed the E-Series to increase scalability and reliability while maintaining line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance. Force10’s E1200 provides BIGLOBE with the capacity to accommodate the flood of peer-to-peer traffic that has overwhelmed its current network as well as the predictable performance that will enable BIGLOBE to deliver new value-added services. Read more >

March 9, 2004

FORCE10 CEO MARC RANDALL OUTLINES REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER AT NETWORK OUTLOOK CONFERENCE

The next generation data center must be capable of supporting its diverse base of users and the complex applications they will demand while guaranteeing zero downtime, Force10 Networks CEO Mark Randall said today at the Network Outlook 2004 conference. Randall said the data center must continuously evolve into an asset that effectively leverages applications, computing resources and the latest technology. Read more >

March 1, 2004

KOREA’S CHUNG CHEONG UNIVERSITY DEPLOYS FORCE10 E-SERIES TO BRING LINE-RATE 10 GIGABIT NETWORK TO STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in high performance switching and routing, today announced that Korea’s Chung Cheong University has deployed the Force10 E-Series to build a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network core. The Force10 E600 is the foundation of the university’s new campus network, which includes a wireless infrastructure, and provides the resiliency and scalability that will enable the university to further extend its leadership in education. Read more >

February 18, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS INTRODUCES ZERO PACKET LOSS HITLESS TECHNOLOGY TO INCREASE RESILIENCY AND REDUCE NETWORK DOWNTIME LOSSES

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in scalable resiliency for high performance switching and routing, today announced its industry-leading hitless failover technology, an advanced feature that eliminates the downtime associated with system errors and reduces productivity and revenue losses. As the first and only 10 Gigabit networking vendor to demonstrate failover of both Layer 2 switching and Layer 3 routing traffic with zero packet loss, Force10 brings to networks an unmatched resiliency and predictability. Read more >

February 9, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS APPOINTS FINANCE AND NETWORKING INDUSTRY VETERAN RALPH HARMS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in scalable resiliency for high performance switching and routing, today announced that it has appointed Ralph Harms chief financial officer. Harms, who has more than 25 years of networking and finance experience, will direct Force10’s financial resources and manage revenue growth as the company expands into new markets around the world. Read more >

February 2, 2004

PETROLEUM GEO-SERVICES CHOOSES FORCE10 E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTER AND GAINS SIX-FOLD INCREASE IN NETWORK PERFORMANCE

Force10 Networks today announced that Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS), an oilfield services company with headquarters in Norway and Houston, Texas, has deployed the E-Series to increase performance and reliability in its UK data center. With the Force10 E600 as the backbone of its network, PGS is running existing applications up to six times faster, significantly reducing the time it takes to process comprehensive data analysis. Read more >

January 21, 2004

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO HOST WEBINAR EXPLORING INNOVATIVE METHODS FOR PROTECTING AGAINST DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACKS

Force10 Networks will host a webinar on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2004, at 11:00 a.m. PDT / 2:00 p.m. EDT to explore methods for protecting networks from the rapidly growing threat of denial of service (DoS) attacks. The webinar will examine unique technologies that bring greater security to network elements, creating a second line of defense against denial of service attacks and sharply limiting the productivity and management costs associated with the attacks. Read more >

January 20, 2004

FORCE10 E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS EXCEL DURING INFOWORLD 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET TESTS

The Force10 E-Series of next-generation switch/routers “screamed through even our toughest tests,” according to InfoWorld’s most recent 10 Gigabit Ethernet measurements. Published in the Jan. 19 edition of the leading IT weekly, the tests showed that the E-Series proved itself as a high performing, scalable networking solution. Read more >