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2006

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

MILPITAS, Calif., June 5, 2006 — 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. An expansion of an earlier deployment of the TeraScale E-Series, True is leveraging the Force10 end-to-end data center solution to provide its customers with the reliable, high speed services they require.

“Over the last six months, the rise in hosted IPTV content and other streaming media applications is requiring our customers to move to higher speed connections,” said Vincent Houwert, CEO at True. “With the 16-port cards, we can provide them with the cost-effective, high speed links they require to accommodate high bandwidth traffic while the S50 gives us the density and scalability we need at the server edge.”

Last year, True deployed the Force10 TeraScale E-Series in a 10 Gigabit Ethernet upgrade to support growing traffic within the core of its network. Now, with the rise of hosted IPTV and multimedia streams, True has seen increased demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet services from its customers.

True is leveraging the compact form factor and high density of the S50 to provide customers with line-rate Gigabit Ethernet connectivity to the server and a 10 Gigabit Ethernet uplink to the core, eliminating bottlenecks between the servers and the network. With the Force10 high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet cards, True can cost effectively provide customers with the capacity they need to accommodate traffic flows that are consistently between two and four Gigabits per second.

“Increasingly there is a need for connectivity that exceeds one Gigabit per second as IPTV, VoIP and other bandwidth-intensive traffic populates the network,” said Marshall Bartoszek, vice president of EMEA sales for Force10 Networks. “For service providers like True and organizations in general, the Force10 high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet card provides a cost-effective option for delivering greater capacity and lays the foundation for a next generation infrastructure.”

Last year, True collapsed multiple network layers into one and reduced the number of systems from 13 to four with the Force10 TeraScale E-Series. Now, with the high density 10 Gigabit Ethernet line cards, True is delivering to its customers the multi-Gigabit connectivity they require without the complexities of linking together multiple Gigabit Ethernet ports.

Designed to ensure line-rate connectivity between servers with data streams that exceed more than one Gigabit per second and the network core, the Force10 high density card enables True to lay the foundation for its next generation services by deploying 10 Gigabit Ethernet at the network edge that can scale from four Gigabits per second per port up to 10 Gigabits per second.

This week, True also opened a new 700 square meter colocation facility in Amsterdam that is designed to deliver 1400 watts of power and cooling per square meter in response to the rise of more powerful servers, including blade servers. With its new data center, which is tailored to meet the requirements of storage and IPTV traffic, True is providing its customers with the power and cooling they need to efficiently leverage the latest server technology. The Force10 TeraScale E600 connects the data center via 10 Gigabit Ethernet connections to True’s other facilities, Internet Exchanges and global network providers. Additionally, the TeraScale E-Series enables True to provide 32 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports for customer connections.

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series can support up to 224 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, providing True with the high density it requires to offer its growing customer base the level of connectivity they require. With the S50 and TeraScale E-Series deployed in tandem, the Force10 solution provides True with high performance and core-like reliability from the core of its network to the edge.

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.

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