Press Releases
2004
INDUSTRY ANALYST FIRM POSITIONS FORCE10 NETWORKS AS A VISIONARY IN GLOBAL CAMPUS LAN MAGIC QUADRANT 2004
MILPITAS, Calif., December 6, 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.
“Gartner’s recognition of Force10 as a visionary in its Magic Quadrant is the culmination of a year of product innovation, market share growth and worldwide customer expansion,” said Stephen Garrison, vice president of corporate marketing for Force10 Networks. “As the only private company listed in the quadrant, Force10 has clearly distinguished itself with its industry-leading TeraScale E-Series and innovative vision of resilient networking.”
Gartner positions vendors in the Magic Quadrant based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Based on both criteria, Gartner positioned Force10 in the visionary quadrant. According to Gartner, visionaries have a clear vision of market direction and are focused on preparing for that, but they can still improve in terms of optimizing service delivery. For additional information on the content of the Global Campus LAN Magic Quadrant, please visit www.nwfusion.com/newsletters/lans/2005/0103lan2.html.
Force10 recently introduced its second-generation family of switch/routers, the TeraScale E-Series, which leads the industry in density, performance and resiliency. The TeraScale E-Series supports 672 line-rate Gigabit and 56 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis and can process one billion packets per second, the highest in the industry. And, with support for an industry-leading one million access control lists (ACLs), the TeraScale E-Series provides scalable protection against denial of service attacks. According to The Tolly Group, the Force10 TeraScale E-Series is the first Terabit Ethernet switch/router.
About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks develops high-performance data center solutions powered by the industry’s most innovative line of open, standards-based, networking hardware and software. The company’s Open Cloud Networking framework grants Web 2.0/portal operators, cloud and hosting providers, enterprise and special-purpose data center customers new levels of flexibility, performance, scale and automation—fundamentally changing the economics of data center networking. Force10 Networks operates globally, providing 24x7 service and support to its customer base in more than 60 countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.force10networks.com.
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