Press Releases

2006

December 18, 2006

JAPANESE DIGITAL MEDIA LEADER IMPRESS GROUP BRINGS HIGH PERFORMANCE RESILIENCY TO DATA CENTER WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks® today announced that Impress Group, Japan's largest digital media corporation, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers in the core of its data center to interconnect databases, storage and web applications in a resilient, high performance network that delivers long-term scalability. Read more >

 

December 12, 2006

YOUSENDIT BUILDS RESILIENT, HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TO PROCESS MORE THAN 30 TERABYTES OF DATA A DAY

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that YouSendIt, the leader in file delivery, has deployed the S-Series family of data center switches to transfer more than 30 Terabytes of data per day. Read more >

 

December 4, 2006

INDIANA UNIVERSITY POWERS HIGH PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTED CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that Indiana University (IU) has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to build a distributed, flexible high performance cyberinfrastructure. Read more >

 

December 4, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES DELIVERS HIGH PERFORMANCE RESILIENCY AND SCALABILITY TO WORLD’S LARGEST SUPERCOMPUTERS

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers now powers 18 of the world’s 100 largest supercomputers, including two in the top 10, according to the recently updated Top500 list. Read more >

 

December 4, 2006

MZIMA NETWORKS DEPLOYS TURIN TRAVERSE® PLATFORM TO DELIVER CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICES WITH GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND RELIABILITY

Turin Networks Inc., a global provider of multiservice IP and metro optical transport products for wireline, wireless, MSO and private networks, today announced that Mzima Networks has chosen the Turin Traverse® Multiservice Transport Switch to bring high security and industry-leading reliability to its Ethernet service networks in the United States and Europe. Read more >

 

November 29, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES AND S-SERIES INTEGRATED INTO IBM SYSTEM CLUSTER 1350 SOLUTION

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that IBM is integrating the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers and the S-Series family of data center switches into its System Cluster 1350 to deliver the 10 Gigabit Ethernet density and scalability computing clients require for high performance workloads. Read more >

 

November 27, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES POWERS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK AT RADIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA’S ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers is anchoring the 10 Gigabit Ethernet show network at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) 2006 conference this week in Chicago. Read more >

 

November 20, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS ENABLES NATIONAL CENTER FOR DATA MINING’S WINNING BANDWIDTH CHALLENGE ENTRY AT SUPERCOMPUTING CONFERENCE

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers enabled participants in the Supercomputing 06 (SC06) Bandwidth Challenge to demonstrate full end-to-end utilization of a 10 Gigabit Ethernet path. Read more >

 

November 16, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS CHIEF SECURITY SCIENTIST EXPLORES REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET WIDE AREA CONNECTIONS

Securing the 10 Gigabit Ethernet network edge requires a high performance firewall that emphasizes flexibility and speed over feature density to effectively protect against evolving threats, Force10 Networks® Chief Security Scientist Livio Ricciulli said today at the Supercomputing 06 conference in Tampa, Fla. Read more >

 

November 13, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS POWERS AND PROTECTS HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK AT SUPERCOMPUTING 06 CONFERENCE

Force10 Networks® today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers and the P-Series family of security appliances are powering and securing SCinet, the 10 Gigabit Ethernet high performance network at the Supercomputing 06 (SC06) conference. Read more >

 

November 6, 2006

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK GLORIAD DEPLOYS FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES TO INTERCONNECT WORLD’S SCIENTISTS

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the Global Ring Network for Advanced Application Development (GLORIAD) has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to connect the world’s scientists and enable daily collaboration on a diverse range of complex scientific questions and research. Read more >

 

October 30, 2006

KOREA’S LEADING SEARCH ENGINE AND INTERNET PORTAL INCREASES NETWORK PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks®, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that NHN, Korea’s largest Internet company and the leading gaming site in Asia, is increasing the performance and scalability of its network with the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

October 25, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS JOINS EURO-IX AS INAUGURAL PATRON TO FURTHER ENABLE HIGH PERFORMANCE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET ADOPTION IN INTERNET EXCHANGES

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced it is the first patron of the European Internet Exchange Association (Euro-IX), an international association that represents more than 35 Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) and the 2,400 Internet service providers they connect. Read more >

 

October 24, 2006

LARGEST INTERNET EXCHANGE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE DELIVERS RELIABLE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET SERVICES WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that DE-CIX, the largest Internet exchange in Central and Eastern Europe, is deploying the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers in a comprehensive upgrade of its switching infrastructure to deliver resilient 10 Gigabit Ethernet services to its customers. Read more >

 

October 16, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES INCREASES SCALABILITY AND PERFORMANCE OF ONLINE MUSIC DISCOVERY SITE PANDORA

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that Pandora Media is increasing the scalability of its online music service with a high performance network anchored by the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers and the S-Series family of access switches. Read more >

 

October 09, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS EXPANDS S-SERIES FAMILY OF ACCESS SWITCHES TO BRING HIGH PERFORMANCE RESILIENCY TO THE NETWORK EDGE

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it is expanding its S-Series family of access switches to bring high performance resiliency to the edge of the network, ensuring transparency between the data center and the local area network. Read more >

 

October 09, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS BUILDS EUROPEAN SALES TEAM TO DELIVER HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKING SOLUTIONS

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it is increasing its presence in Europe with several key additions to its sales team. Read more >

 

October 02, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS GRANTED TWO PATENTS FOR 100 GIGABIT ETHERNET-READY BACKPLANE

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing
high performance networks, today announced that it has been awarded two patents for its advanced 100 Gigabit Ethernet-ready backplane. Read more >

 

September 27, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS VICE PRESIDENT SEES HIGH PERFORMANCE SECURITY ESSENTIAL TO PROMOTE ADOPTION OF GRID NETWORKS

The deployment of next generation high performance security is critical to realizing the full potential of grid networks to enhance collaborative research, modeling and complex analysis, said Steve Garrison, Force10 Networks® vice president of corporate marketing. Speaking at the Cluster 2006 conference in Barcelona, Garrison said that as with other high speed networks, grid security must not come at the cost of compromised performance. Read more >

 

September 26, 2006

RCN BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LAUNCHES NEW CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICES POWERED BY TURIN NETWORKS

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport solutions for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that RCN Business Solutions, a premiere transport, internet, bulk video and voice service provider to the carrier and enterprise business communities, is deploying Turin's Traverse® Multiservice Transport Switch in key Metro areas to deliver flexible, high-bandwidth Carrier Ethernet services to business customers. Read more >

 

September 18, 2006

PURDUE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE BUILDS STATE-OF-THE-ART HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORK WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the Department of Computer Science at Purdue University has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers and the S50 data center switch in its new $20 million state-of-the-art facility. Read more >

 

September 12, 2006

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS UPGRADES NETWORK WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES TO INCREASE MANUFACTURING EFFICIENCY

Force10 Networks® today announced that SAMSUNG Electronics, an affiliate of SAMSUNG Group, South Korea’s largest enterprise, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch routers in its semiconductor facility to speed collaboration, design and automated manufacturing processes. Read more >

 

September 05, 2006

LIVE365 POWERS WORLD’S LARGEST INTERNET RADIO COMMUNITY WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS

Force10 Networks® today announced that Internet radio pioneer Live365 has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers and the S-Series family of data center switches in the world’s largest Internet radio network to reliably stream thousands of radio stations to more than four million subscribers. Read more >

 

August 30, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS CHIEF SCIENTIST HIGHLIGHTS PATH TO 100 GIGABIT ETHERNET

System and component vendors must align their visions with the needs of users such as service and content providers as well as Internet exchanges to ensure the timely development of the next generation of Ethernet technology, Joel Goergen, vice president of technology and chief scientist at Force10 Networks® said yesterday at the Optoelectronics Industry Development Association (OIDA) Roadmap Forum.
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August 28, 2006

U.S. GOVERNMENT HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING CENTER INCREASES NETWORK SCALABILITY WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the Aeronautical Systems Center Major Shared Resource Center (ASC MSRC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet network upgrade. Read more >

 

August 28, 2006

TOLLY GROUP VERIFIES THAT FORCE10 NETWORKS P-SERIES SECURITY APPLIANCE INSPECTS, MONITORS AND PROTECTS AT LINE-RATE 10 GIGABIT SPEEDS

The Force10 Networks® P-Series family of security appliances inspects, monitors and protects data at line-rate 10 Gigabit speeds regardless of traffic conditions or number of rules, according to independent testing results from The Tolly Group. Read more >

 

August 7, 2006

SOUTH KOREA’S LEADING CONTENT DELIVERY NETWORK PROVIDER INCREASES RESILIENCY AND SCALABILITY WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks® today announced that CDNetworks, South Korea’s leading content delivery network provider, is increasing the scalability of its high performance network with the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

August 1, 2006

BLUEARC AND FORCE10 NETWORKS PROVIDE FOUNDATION FOR CIS HOLLYWOOD’S BLOCKBUSTER VISUAL EFFECTS

BlueArc® Corporation, the world leader in network storage innovation, and Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that CIS Hollywood, a rapidly growing effects studio behind some the summer’s most memorable visual effects, has selected BlueArc’s Titan Storage System and the Force10 Networks TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers to support the demanding requirements of simultaneous projects. Read more >

 

July 25, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES ANCHORS NEW SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKS WITH RESILIENT 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that service providers around the world are increasingly deploying the TeraScale E-Series to build out cost-effective, reliable 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks. Read more >

 

July 25, 2006

FIBERTECH NETWORKS DEPLOYS TURIN'S EQUIPMENT TO INTEGRATE ETHERNET SWITCHING AND EXPAND OPTICAL NETWORK CAPACITY

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport solutions for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that Fibertech Networks, a metropolitan transport provider operating fiber optic networks in 20 mid-size U.S. cities throughout the Northeast, has deployed Turin Networks’ Traverse® platform to integrate Ethernet switching capabilities into their network and expand bandwidth capacity.
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July 24, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TRANSFORMS SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORK ECONOMICS WITH INTRODUCTION OF COST-EFFECTIVE PACKET OVER SONET/SDH

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it is fundamentally altering service provider network economics by integrating multi-rate packet over SONET/SDH (POS) technology into the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

July 18, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS CHIEF SECURITY SCIENTIST EXPLORES CHANGING REQUIREMENTS FOR SECURING HIGH SPEED NETWORKS AT THE EDGE

To effectively protect the high speed WAN edge requires a different type of security appliance that can provide visibility into traffic as well as filter traffic at 10 Gigabit speeds, Force10 Networks Chief Security Scientist Livio Ricciulli said today at the ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs Workshop. Read more >

 

July 17, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS SELECTED BY ALWAYSON AS AN AO100 PRIVATE COMPANY

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that AlwaysOn has named it one of the Top 100 Private Companies for its technology innovations, market potential, customer adoption, media buzz and investor value creation. Read more >

 

July 13, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES DELIVERS HIGH PERFORMANCE SCALABILITY TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST SUPERCOMPUTERS

Force10 Networks today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers provides the high performance foundation for 29 of the world’s largest supercomputers, according to the most recent list from Top500.org. Read more >

 

June 29, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS NAMES INDUSTRY VETERAN KAREN BLASING AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Force10 Networks®, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it has named industry veteran Karen Blasing as chief financial officer. Read more >

 

June 26, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS DELIVERS RELIABLE, HIGH SPEED NETWORKS FOR ONLINE GAMING COMPANIES

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers is anchoring some of the largest online gaming networks and portals in the world. Read more >

 

June 21, 2006

SOUTH KOREA’S PREMIER ONLINE GAMING PORTAL NEXON PROVIDES SUPERIOR GAMING EXPERIENCE WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that Nexon, South Korea’s largest online gaming portal, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to bring reliable, predictable performance to its gaming service, which supports 130 million visitors each month. Read more >

 

June 13, 2006

JAPAN’S UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO-COMMUNICATIONS BUILDS 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET CAPACITY INTO CAMPUS BACKBONE WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS

Force10 Networks® today announced that the University of Electro-Communications (UEC), Japan’s national science and technology school, is upgrading its campus network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet with the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers as part of its e-Campus Initiative as well as to support other research and computing needs across the campus. Read more >

 

June 7, 2006

LEADING ONLINE GAMING PORTAL UPGRADES TO 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET AND INCREASES PREDICTABLE PERFORMANCE WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that Neowiz, a leading South Korea-based entertainment portal, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet upgrade to increase the scalability and predictable performance of its online gaming, music and community networks. Read more >

 

June 5, 2006

HOSTING PROVIDER TRUE EXPANDS FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES DEPLOYMENT TO DELIVER 10 GIGABIT SERVICES TO CUSTOMERS

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that True, a Netherlands-based colocation and hosting service provider, is delivering 10 Gigabit Ethernet services to its customers with the S-Series family of data center switches and the 16-port 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards for the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

May 31, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS INCREASES 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET MARKET SHARE

Force10 Networks increased its market share in the modular 10 Gigabit Ethernet segment during the first quarter of 2006, strengthening its number two position in the category. According to the Dell’Oro Group’s most recent Ethernet switch survey report, Force10 was one of the fastest growing switching vendors and is second only to Cisco Systems in market share. Read more >

 

May 24, 2006

FORCE10 VICE PRESIDENT SEES BROADBAND ADOPTION DRIVING REQUIREMENT FOR HIGH SPEED SECURITY

The prevalence of broadband coupled with the growing demand for bandwidth-intensive applications like online gaming is driving the need for higher speed networks in Japan, said Force10 Networks Vice President of Corporate Marketing Stephen Garrison. Read more >

 

May 22, 2006

STAN WINSTON STUDIO INCREASES SPECIAL EFFECTS PROCESSING CAPABILITIES WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that Stan Winston Studio, a premier Hollywood special effects and creature development studio, is upgrading its production network to 10 Gigabit Ethernet with the TeraScale E-Series to increase its ability to create high quality special effects. Read more >

 

May 15, 2006

PETER KIEWIT INSTITUTE SECURES 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORK WITH FORCE10 P-SERIES SECURITY APPLIANCE

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that the Peter Kiewit Institute (PKI) has deployed the P-Series family of security appliances to secure its advanced research network and computing clusters. Read more >

 

May 8, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS EXPANDS SALES TEAM TO ADDRESS FEDERAL AND ASIA PACIFIC MARKETS

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that it has named two new vice presidents to lead its sales efforts for the federal government and the Asia Pacific region. Read more >

 

May 4, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS VICE PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET AS NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER TECHNOLOGY

A high level of adaptability and flexibility has long been Ethernet’s trademark and will be crucial to the widespread adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in high performance data centers said Stephen Garrison, vice president of corporate marketing at Force10 Networks at Interop 2006. Read more >

 

May 1, 2006

FORCE10 DEMONSTRATES LINE-RATE 10 GIGABIT SECURITY IN INTEROPLABS NETWORK AT INTEROP

Force10 Networks today announced that its P-Series family of security appliances is providing line-rate 10 Gigabit inspection and monitoring of the InteropLabs network at this week’s Interop 2006 conference in Las Vegas. Read more >

 

May 1, 2006

FORCE10 BUILDS AND SECURES HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS WITH EXPANDED PORTFOLIO OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND SECURITY SOLUTIONS

Force10 Networks today announced that it is building and securing many of the world’s high performance networks with its TeraScale E-Series switch/routers, S-Series data center switches and P-Series security appliances. Read more >

 

April 27, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TO HIGHLIGHT HIGH PERFORMANCE DATA CENTER AND SECURITY PRODUCT PORTFOLIO AT INTEROP 2006

Force10 Networks will showcase its high performance switching, routing and security solutions at Interop 2006 in Las Vegas, May 2-4. Read more >

 

April 25, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS S2410 DATA CENTER SWITCH NAMED FINALIST FOR BEST OF INTEROP AWARDS

Force10 Networks today announced that its S2410 data center switch has been named a finalist in the data center and storage category for the Best of Interop awards. Read more >

 

April 17, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS INTRODUCES THE INDUSTRY’S FIRST LINE-RATE 10 GIGABIT INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEM TO SECURE HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS

Force10 Networks, a pioneer in building and securing 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks, today introduced the industry’s first security appliance that inspects, monitors, captures and blocks traffic at line-rate 10 Gigabit speeds. Read more >

 

April 12, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS APPOINTS FORMER NORTEL CEO WILLIAM OWENS TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Force10 Networks, the pioneer in building and securing 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks, today announced that former Nortel CEO William Owens has joined the company’s board of directors. Read more >

 

April 4, 2006

FORCE10 CHOOSES IXIA TO VERIFY ULTRA-LOW SWITCH LATENCY AND HIGH 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET PERFORMANCE OF THE S2410 DATA CENTER SWITCH

Force10 Networks today announced that The Tolly Group verified the industry-leading performance of the Force10 S2410 data center switch using sophisticated IP network test systems from Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA). Read more >

 

March 27, 2006

FORCE10 REVOLUTIONIZES 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET WITH THE S2410, DELIVERING LEADING DENSITY AND ULTRA LOW SWITCHING LATENCY AT THE INDUSTRY’S LOWEST PORT PRICE

Setting a new standard for 10 Gigabit Ethernet performance, switching latency and port price, Force10 Networks® today introduced the S2410 data center switch. Read more >

 

March 21, 2006

TURIN'S TRAVERSE® BECOMES THE INDUSTRY'S FIRST PLATFORM TO SUPPORT THE FULL ARRAY OF MEF CERTIFIED CARRIER ETHERNET SERVICES, SONET AND SDH

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport products for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that the recently-launched Next Generation Ethernet (NGE) Modules for the company’s flagship Traverse® Multiservice Transport Switch have successfully completed the Metro Ethernet Forum's (MEF) service conformance tests for Carrier Ethernet. Read more >

 

March 20, 2006

F5 NETWORKS ADDS RESILIENCY AND LONG-TERM SCALABILITY TO CAMPUS NETWORK WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in application delivery networking, is increasing the scalability and performance of its 10 Gigabit Ethernet campus network with the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

March 15, 2006

LONDON INTERNET PROVIDERS EXCHANGE BUILDS RELIABLE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET NETWORK WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS S-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that the London Internet Providers Exchange (Lipex) has deployed the S-Series to build a reliable, high performance 10 Gigabit Ethernet peering network between five of its Internet exchange points. Read more >

 

March 13, 2006

JAPANESE SERVICE PROVIDER VECTANT LEVERAGES FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES TO DELIVER SCALABLE AND SECURE SERVICES

Force10 Networks today announced that VECTANT, a subsidiary of Japan-based Global Solution K.K., has deployed the Force10 TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers at its network edge to deliver reliable and secure services to its growing customer base. Read more >

 

March 7, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS ENABLES BLUEARC TO SET NEW WORLD RECORD FOR STORAGE PERFORMANCE AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Force10 Networks® today announced that its S-Series family of data center switches provided the reliable, high density Gigabit Ethernet platform that enabled BlueArc Corporation to double the previous world record for network storage server performance in a single server configuration. Read more >

 

March 7, 2006

INFOHIGHWAY COMMUNICATIONS DEPLOYS TURIN'S TRAVERSE® 2000 TO PROVIDE A RANGE OF VOICE AND DATA SERVICES TO NEW YORK AREA BUSINESSES

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport products for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that InfoHighway Communications, a provider of hosted and managed communications solutions for businesses, has deployed Turin’s Traverse® 2000 Multiservice Transport Switch to deliver voice, high-speed Internet access, Class 5 switching, and VoIP services to small- to medium-sized businesses in the greater New York metropolitan area. Read more >

 

March 6, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS NAMES FORMER MCI PRESIDENT RICK ROSCITT TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Force10 Networks® today announced that Rick Roscitt, a technology industry leader with more than 30 years of management experience, including tenure as president and chief operating officer of MCI, has been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Read more >

 

February 27, 2006

TEL^X DEPLOYS TURIN’S TRAVERSE® 2000 TO EXTEND ENHANCED NETWORK INTERCONNECTION SERVICES TO LOS ANGELES

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport products for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that telx, the premier operator of telecom “meet-me” network interconnection facilities, has deployed Turin’s Traverse® 2000 Multiservice Transport Switch at One Wilshire Blvd in Los Angeles. Read more >

 

February 21, 2006

SANDIA DEPLOYS FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES IN WORLD’S FIFTH FASTEST CLUSTER TO SPEED ADVANCED COMPUTATIONS

Force10 Networks today announced that Sandia National Laboratories is leveraging the high density and resiliency of the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers in its newest cluster to interconnect more than 4,000 Dell PowerEdge servers. Read more >

 

February 13, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES TO ANCHOR SUN GRID COMPUTE UTILITY

Force10 Networks today announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW) has selected the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers as the foundation for its Sun Grid Compute Utility network architecture. Read more >

 

February 10, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS JOINS BLADE.ORG TO PROMOTE INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION DATA CENTER

Force10 today announced that it has joined Blade.org, an industry organization created to develop and advance next generation technologies for the fast growing blade server market. Read more >

 

February 9, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS CHIEF SECURITY SCIENTIST EXPLORES COMPLEXITIES OF SECURING HIGH PERFORMANCE NETWORKS AT JOINT TECHS WORKSHOP

Securing high performance networks requires a new design framework that emphasizes flexibility while maintaining network performance, said Force10 Networks Chief Security Scientist Livio Ricciulli at the ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs workshop. Read more >

 

February 8, 2006

GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ACCELERATES DRUG DISCOVERY WITH NEW IBM SUPERCOMPUTING CLUSTER

IBM and the Georgia Institute of Technology today announced that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputing clusters will anchor Georgia Tech’s new Center for the Study of Systems Biology. Read more >

 

February 6, 2006

FORCE10 NETWORKS CHIEF SCIENTIST EXPLORES NEW SYSTEM-LEVEL DESIGN MODELS TO SUPPORT THE TRANSITION TO 100 GIGABIT ETHERNET

The smooth transition from 10 Gigabit to 100 Gigabit Ethernet demands tight integration between standards groups and system level design advances, Joel Goergen, vice president of technology and chief scientist for Force10 Networks, said today at the ESCC/Internet2 Joint Techs workshop. Read more >

 

February 2, 2006

EPSILON TELECOMMUNICATIONS SELECTS TURIN'S TRAVERSE™ 2000 TO EXPAND CAPACITY OF ITS LONDON METRO OPTICAL NETWORK

Turin Networks, a global provider of multiservice optical transport products for carrier, wireless and private networks, announced today that Epsilon Telecommunications, a leading UK-based telecommunications company, has deployed Turin’s Traverse™ Multiservice Transport Switch in its London metro ring network to expand network capacity by a factor of four – from 2.5Gbps to 10Gbps. Read more >

 

January 30, 2006

LEADING KOREAN INTERNET DATA CENTER OPERATOR DELIVERS RELIABLE 10 GIGABIT ETHERNET SERVICES WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS

Force10 Networks today announced that Korea Internet Data Center (KIDC), Korea’s leading data center operator, is increasing the reliability and predictability of its managed infrastructure services with the TeraScale E-Series family of switch/routers. Read more >

 

January 17, 2006

FIBERNET DELIVERS FLEXIBLE VOIP PEERING SERVICE WITH FORCE10 TERASCALE E-SERIES

Force10 Networks today announced that FiberNet Telecom Group (NASDAQ: FTGX) has deployed the TeraScale E-Series in its metro Ethernet backbone to power its new Phonomenum™ voice over IP (VoIP) peering service. Read more >

 

January 10, 2006

ETHERNET ALLIANCE FORMS TO PROMOTE IEEE 802 ETHERNET TECHNOLOGIES

The Ethernet Alliance, an industry group dedicated to the continued success and expansion of Ethernet technology, today announced its formation. Read more >

 

January 9, 2006

SEGA CORP DEPLOYS FORCE10 NETWORKS TO PROVIDE PREDICTABLE PERFORMANCE FOR ONLINE GAMING ENVIRONMENTS

Force10 Networks today announced that SEGA Corporation, the world’s largest interactive entertainment company, has deployed the TeraScale E-Series in its gaming data center to provide a reliable, high performance foundation for its online interactive worlds. Read more >