Force10

Dell Force10 Networks, formerly Force10 Networks, nCore Networks, is an American manufacturer for 10 - and 100 - Gigabit Ethernet networking equipment. The company is a subsidiary of Dell and has offices in North America, Europe and the Asian Pacific coast.

The company was founded by its founder Som Sikhdar - named after the wind force 10 ( severe storm ) on the Beaufort scale for wind speeds - an enthusiastic sailor. This is to illustrate the product focus on 10 - Gigabit networking products.

Products

In January 2002, published the Force10 Networks E1200 Switch, who was at that time in the industry the only one who offered 10 - Gigabit Ethernet switching. Force10 hopes its reputation thanks to its high efficiency and reliability in high-class network technology to be able to use in order to gain a foothold in medium-sized data centers and operational networks can.

In 2007 the company was working on a 100 Gigabit Ethernet switch.

Force10 Networks uses NetBSD as the basis for their operating system, FTOS ( the Force10 Operating System). The company donated 2007 also for the NetBSD Foundation to support further research and the open development community.

Customers

The customer base includes companies from Force10 very specialized areas, such as media, financial services, oil and gas, Web 2.0 and games. Force10 's customers include Yahoo, Sega, CERN, DE -CIX, and various universities.