Press Releases
2007
CENTRAL EUROPE’S LARGEST INTERNET EXCHANGE TACKLES INCREASING TRAFFIC DEMANDS WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TERASCALE E-SERIES SWITCH/ROUTERS
SAN JOSE, Calif., June 27, 2007 –Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing reliable networks, today announced that DE-CIX, the largest Internet exchange in Central and Eastern Europe, is leveraging the scalable capacity of the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers to meet the rapidly increasing bandwidth demands. The Force10 TeraScale E-Series has helped DE-CIX scale its network and services to support nearly 200 Gigabits per second of traffic, an increase of 140 percent over the past 12 months.
“The convergence of a growing customer base and their increasing use of bandwidth-intensive multimedia applications drove our need to deploy a highly reliable and scalable network infrastructure,” says Harald Summa, CEO at DE-CIX. “Force10 stood alone in its ability to seamlessly deliver the capacity to answer these pressing challenges and still have the capability to scale toward the 400-600 Gbps range we anticipate needing in the next couple years.”
The Force10 TeraScale E-Series connects four colocation facilities throughout Frankfurt in a resilient 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone to support more than 200 Internet providers from more than 20 countries. Supporting 1,260 Gigabit and 224 Ten Gigabit Ethernet ports, the TeraScale E-Series provides the capacity that has enabled DE-CIX to deliver 10 Gigabit connectivity to more than 90 customers and migrate about 110 customers from 100 Megabit services to Gigabit services.
“Internet exchanges, such as DE-CIX, have tremendous traffic demands and those demands will continue to grow exponentially,” said Stephen Garrison, vice president of marketing at Force10 Networks. “The TeraScale E-Series is designed to seamlessly scale without compromising performance, providing a network foundation that can evolve as traffic patterns change.”
The patent-protected five Terabits-per-second (Tbps) backplane of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series is uniquely architected for high performance networks like DE-CIX that are currently processing high traffic levels and anticipate rapid growth in the future. With up to 330 Gbps of full duplex bandwidth per slot, the TeraScale E-Series can support system-level capacity increases without the added cost of a chassis or backplane upgrade, providing long-term investment protection.
About DE-CIX
DE-CIX Management GmbH is the carrier neutral and independent owner and operator of the DE-CIX Internet Exchange in Frankfurt/Germany. Founded in 1995, DE-CIX established an environment for the bilateral settlement-free exchange of Internet traffic (“Peering”) between all types of Internet service providers. More than 200 customers from 20+ nations are peering at DE-CIX to lower costs and increase IP performance and resiliency. This makes DE-CIX the market leader for peering in Central and Eastern Europe.
About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is a technology leader that provides the reliable next generation infrastructure required to build and secure intelligent services networks. Force10’s products deliver the scalability, reliability and application awareness to cost-effectively deliver content from the enterprise or converged network to the mobile business user or consumer. For more information on Force10 Networks, please visit www.force10networks.com.
Contact:
Kevin Wade
Force10 Networks Inc.
707-665-4509
kwade@force10networks.com
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