Force10 Networks Builds European Sales Team to Deliver High Performance Networking Solutions

Force10 Networks(R), 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. To
direct its overall sales strategy for the region, Force10 has
appointed Marshall Bartoszek vice president of sales, Europe, Middle
East and Africa (EMEA). Force10 has also named Michael Frey sales
director for central Europe to more effectively pursue opportunities
with service providers and enterprises that require high performance
networks.

"Force10 has established a solid customer presence with European
service providers, research centers and enterprise data centers, and
the expansion of our sales team will enable the company to build that
foundation into a wider EMEA presence," said Mark Cooper, senior vice
president of worldwide sales at Force10 Networks. "Marshall and
Michael both have decades of experience in building long-term channel
and partner strategies as well as helping customers solve their most
complex networking problems."

Prior to his appointment as vice president of sales, EMEA, Mr.
Bartoszek was senior director of strategic accounts at Force10, where
he helped secure several of the company's earliest customers. Before
joining Force10, Mr. Bartoszek served as a major account manager at
Cisco Systems. Earlier, he held sales and business development
positions at EQUANT Network Services, Cingular Wireless and CompuCom
Systems. Mr. Bartoszek holds a BA with honors in forensic studies and
sociology from Indiana University.

Mr. Frey has more than 15 years of sales experience building
customer, channel and partner relationships in Central and Eastern
Europe. Prior to joining Force10, Mr. Frey was a sales director for
the EMEA region at Infinera, where he developed a service provider
customer base and built out a channel across the region. Earlier, he
directed EMEA sales efforts at CoSine Communications, Ericsson and
Madge Networks. Mr. Frey is based out of Frankfurt.

"Force10 has a unique value proposition in reducing the total cost
of network ownership while simplifying architectures that cuts across
the service provider and enterprise markets," said Bartoszek.
"Throughout EMEA there is an evolution towards the network as a
strategic asset, and Force10 is well positioned to provide
organizations with the high performance networking solutions they
require to make this a reality."

Over the last year, Force10 has continued to expand its customer
presence in Europe. At CERN, the world's largest particle physics
laboratory, the Force10 TeraScale E-Series(R) anchors Europe's largest
10 Gigabit Ethernet campus network. Additionally, Force10 networking
equipment is at the core of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, which
is home to the world's 11th largest supercomputer. Hosting provider
True is also using the TeraScale E-Series to provide Europe's first 20
Gigabits per second link to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange.

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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