Force10 Networks Delivers Scalability to Increase Service Delivery Options for One of Korea's Leading Content Delivery Networks

Business Wire, Jan 15, 2008

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Force10 Networks([R]), the pioneer in building and securing reliable networks, today announced that GS Neotek has increased the reliability and capacity of its content delivery network with the TeraScale E-Series([R]) family of switch/routers. The Force10 TeraScale E-Series provides the reliable 10 Gigabit Ethernet foundation GS Neotek requires to efficiently scale its network while delivering new home shopping and online gaming services.

"We focus on delivering quality entertaining content to our customers, and we need a flexible and scalable infrastructure to support our business today while preparing us for future growth," said Cheol Lee, director of the IT Business department at GS Neotek. "The Force10 E-Series delivers the reliability we require to offer new and exciting services to our customers today while providing a cost effective foundation that can grow as our users and services expand."

Leveraging the density of the Force10 TeraScale E300, GS Neotek built a high level of scalability into the core of its network. With that built-in capacity, GS Neotek can expand at the edge of its network as traffic demands without reconfiguring the core, reducing the costs of rolling out and managing new services.

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series further supports GS Neotek's business plans by delivering maximum network uptime. The TeraScale E300 is designed to deliver reliable and predictable performance with redundant components and features that can scale without impacting throughput. Additionally, Force10's modular operating system, FTOS, delivers the online diagnostics and inline serviceability features that allow GS Neotek to manage, provision and troubleshoot without bringing the TeraScale E-Series offline.

"As life increasingly moves onto the Internet, facilitated by companies like GS Neotek, it is easy to overlook the importance of the network that enables that life," said Stephen Garrison, vice president of marketing at Force10 Networks. "The Force10 TeraScale E-Series is designed to deliver the reliability, control and scalability required to enable new services without getting in the way of those services."

The Force10 TeraScale E-Series has been deployed in Korea's leading Internet data centers and portals, including KIDC, NHN and DAUM. Additionally, the reliability of the TeraScale E-Series has secured leading online gaming providers such as NCsoft, Nexon and Neowiz as Force10 customers.

The Force10 Reliable Networking product portfolio delivers the reliability, network control and scalability that high performance networks require to ensure their services and applications are always available.

About Force10 Networks

Force10 Networks is a pioneer in building and securing reliable, high performance networks. With its no compromise approach to networking and advances in high density Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet switching, routing and security, Force10 delivers the innovative technologies that allow customers to transform their networks into strategic assets at the lowest total cost of ownership. For additional information, please visit www.force10networks.com.

Force10 Networks and E-Series are registered trademarks, and C-Series, P-Series, S-Series, TeraScale and FTOS are trademarks of Force10 Networks, Inc. All other company names are trademarks of their respective holders.