Press Releases

2004

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

MILPITAS, Calif., December 13, 2004 — 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. With the E300, OSI Systems is introducing a new level of resiliency and availability that is essential to its network.

“We use our network for everything from accounting to engineering to sales, global manufacturing and shipping, and of all the solutions we considered, the E-Series offered the best solution for our global business,” said Mohinder Chopra, Chief Information Officer at OSI Systems, a diversified global leader of security and inspection systems, medical monitoring products, and optoelectronic-based components, as well as a provider of engineering and manufacturing services. “The Force10 E300 is also an ideal size for our network, providing the capacity we need at the core today with the ability to grow in the future.”

To eliminate the high costs of network downtime, OSI Systems turned to the Force10 E300 for the foundation of its network. The Force10 E300 aggregates traffic from approximately 500 users in four buildings at OSI Systems’ headquarters, connecting departments and employees across its business groups. With the built-in resiliency of the Force10 E-Series, the E300 eliminates unplanned downtime and ensures predictable performance.

The Force10 E-Series family of switch/routers includes the E1200, E600 and E300. With a family of three chassis, Force10 can match bandwidth needs to customer budgets, providing the most cost-effective solution for small, medium, and large networks. The Force10 E300 delivers 132 line-rate Gigabit Ethernet and 12 line-rate 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports per chassis and leverages the same resilient, distributed architecture that is common across the E-Series family.

“The Force10 E-Series family is designed to meet the networking needs of businesses that require a resilient and predictable network,” said Stephen Garrison, Force10's vice president of corporate marketing. “With the E300, Force10 cost effectively extends the same high performance Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology used in national laboratories and research environments to small and medium-sized businesses like OSI.”

OSI Systems, which ranked 14th on Fortune Small Business magazine's list of 100 Fastest Growing Public Companies, has over 30 years of experience in electronics engineering and manufacturing, and through its family of subsidiaries, competes in three general areas: security and inspection systems, medical monitoring and imaging systems, and optoelectronics and value-added subsystems.

About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is the global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business. The company’s high performance solutions are designed to deliver new economics by virtualizing and automating Ethernet networks.  Force10’s high density and resilient Ethernet switching and routing products increase network availability, agility and efficiency while reducing power and cooling costs.  Force10 provides 24x7 service and support capabilities to its global customer base in more than 60 countries worldwide.  For more information on Force10 Networks, please visit www.force10networks.com.

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