Force10 Highlights 10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology at Interop Conference

Force10 Networks will showcase its industry-leading portfolio of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch/routers that are radically altering network economics at the Interop 2005 conference in Las Vegas, May 3-5. With a unique combination of high density and resiliency, Force10's product portfolio enables IT managers to reduce both capital and operational expenses as they simplify their networks. At the heart of Force10's product portfolio is the TeraScale E-Series, which delivers unmatched density and performance, processing an industry-leading one billion packets per second. With built-in redundancy and an architecture that distributes switching, routing and management functionality between three processing units, the TeraScale E-Series also delivers the resiliency required to ensure maximum network uptime. Last week Force10 added a new dimension of scalability to the TeraScale E-Series with its High Density 90-port Gigabit Ethernet card. Combined with the five Terabit backplane and 14 input/output slots, Force10's 90-port card brings long-term investment protection to networks by building in an industry-leading level of scalability that extends the lifecycle of the TeraScale E-Series to ten or more years. Further expanding its addressable market, Force10 also recently introduced the S50, the first switch purpose-built for the data center. The S50 delivers 20 percent more switching capacity than competitive solutions and an extensive array of resiliency features, providing core-like reliability and stability in a stackable, compact form factor. By bringing the performance and resiliency of the TeraScale E-Series to the server edge with the S50, Force10 enables a reliable end-to-end solution for the data center. Additionally, Stephen Garrison, senior director of corporate marketing, will highlight the role of 10 Gigabit Ethernet in high performance data centers, addressing the market and pricing trends that are accelerating adoption of the high speed technology. The session, "High Speed in the Data Center: How will 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Infiniband and rDMA Affect My Data Center Design?" takes place at 10:15 a.m. on Wed., May 4. Over the last year, Force10 has dramatically increased its customer base as high density Gigabit Ethernet and 10 Gigabit Ethernet technologies have spread from research environments to the enterprise at large. Among its customers, Force10 includes the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), NTT, Veritas DGC, Petroleum Geo-Services, NASA, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), Hanaro Telecom and Penn State. Force10 will display its product portfolio in booth 931 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center.