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2005

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E300 WINS EWEEK'S EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR NETWORKING INFRASTRCUTURE

MILPITAS, Calif., April 12, 2005 — Force10 Networks today announced that the TeraScale E300 switch/router was named the winner of the networking infrastructure category for eWEEK's Fifth Annual Excellence Awards program. In announcing the award, the magazine wrote, "For its packet-processing innovations and strong scalability, Force10 Networks' TeraScale E300 stood above the crowd as the Networking Infrastructure winner."

With the industry's highest Gigabit Ethernet density in the most compact form factor, the TeraScale E300 enables network operators to cost effectively build out high performance networks. With built-in redundancy and an architecture that distributes switching, routing and management functionality between three processing units, the TeraScale E300 provides an unmatched level of resiliency.

The TeraScale E300 delivers the high level of resiliency and performance previously seen only in research networks to enterprises at large," said Stephen Garrison, vice president of corporate marketing at Force10 Networks. "This recognition validates not only the innovation of our engineering team but also our vision of cost-effective, high performance networking in the enterprise."

The TeraScale E300 can process more traffic on a single system than competitive solutions, simplifying topologies by reducing network layers. In addition to simplifying the network, the TeraScale E300 reduces capital and operational expenditures, including power, cabling, engineering support and maintenance.

In addition to its high density, the TeraScale E300 also provides a high level of investment protection. In its selection of the TeraScale E300 for its Excellence Award, eWEEK notes that its backplane "will be able to accommodate future speeds beyond 10 Gigabit Ethernet." The full article is located at www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1784410,00.asp.

The eWEEK Excellence Awards program provides enterprise IT professionals with a benchmark for assessing a wide range of technology products and services. A panel of experts, including eWEEK Labs analysts and eWEEK corporate partners, evaluated this year's entries to provide a unique mix of technical and real-world analysis.

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series supports industry-leading Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet densities and, as the industry's first true Terabit switch/router, can process one billion packets per second. By combining that performance with unmatched resiliency, the TeraScale E-Series changes the economics of networking in high performance research labs and enterprise networks alike.

Contact:
Peter Ruzicka
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5151
pruzicka@force10networks.com

Contact:
Jennifer Arculeo
Force10 Networks Inc.
408-965-5194
jarculeo@force10networks.com

About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks. Based on a revolutionary system architecture that delivers best-in-class resiliency and massive scalability, Force10’s TeraScale E-Series switch/routers ensure predictable application performance, increase network availability, and reduce operating costs. Today, many of the world’s largest Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks depend on Force10 Networks. For additional information, please visit www.force10networks.com.

Force10 Networks and E-Series are registered trademarks, and P-Series, S-Series, TeraScale and FTOS are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. All other company names are trademarks of their respective holders.