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2005

ALWAYSON NAMES FORCE10 NETWORKS AS TOP PRIVATE COMPANY FOR NETWORKING INNOVATION

MILPITAS, Calif., July 6, 2005 — Force10 Networks today announced that AlwaysOn, an open media network, has named it to the AO 100 Top Private Companies for the innovation behind the industry-leading TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers. Representing the most innovative, disruptive and exciting technology companies in the market, the AO 100 Top Private Companies demonstrate a strong track record, robust business model, leading technology, rapid customer adoption and significant market potential.

“This award reflects the hard work and dedication of the Force10 team at the product, customer and investor levels that has successfully brought to market a next-generation switch/router with unmatched density and resiliency,” said Stephen Garrison, vice president of corporate marketing at Force10 Networks. “As we further expand our customer base, we will continue our unparalleled history of market-leading innovation that captures the attention of the industry.”

The 100 most innovative and successful private companies were selected from more than 1,000 entries from venture investors, investment bankers, leading entrepreneurs and industry insiders. Force10 was one of only six networking hardware vendors named as a top private company for 2005 and was recognized for its excellence in innovation, market potential, customer adoption, media recognition and investor value creation.

Over the last year, Force10 has been recognized throughout the industry for its innovation and industry-leading TeraScale E-Series. Most recently, the TeraScale E300 won eWEEK’s Excellence Award for networking infrastructure. Additionally, the Force10 TeraScale E1200 was named enterprise switching and routing product of the year by searchnetworking.com. Industry analyst group Gartner also recognized Force10, naming it as a visionary in its 2004 Global Campus LAN Magic Quadrant. Force10 is the first company added to the quadrant in several years and the only private company included in the report.

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series delivers unmatched density, scalability and resiliency to lower total cost of network ownership and provides a new level of investment protection far beyond the traditional five to seven year product lifecycle. With built-in redundancy and leading density, the TeraScale E-Series ensures predictable performance regardless of traffic conditions.

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.