Press Releases

2007

eHARMONY PAIRS WITH FORCE10 NETWORKS TO POWER LEADING ONLINE RELATIONSHIP SERVICE

SAN JOSE, Calif., March 12, 2007 – Force10 Networks®, the pioneer in building and securing high performance networks, today announced that eHarmony is powering its online relationship service with the TeraScale E-Series® family of switch/routers. The Force10 TeraScale E-Series provides a flexible network foundation upon which eHarmony can support its more than 12 million registered users today and delivers the scalability required to add new customers and services in the future.

“As the most trusted relationship service in the country, eHarmony has to deliver complete service reliability, including the uptime of our network,” said Cyrus Mohit, manager of data center operations at eHarmony. “With the Force10 E-Series, we have the flexibility and freedom to easily adapt the network to accommodate new services without a complex upgrade or network redesign.”

To build its 10 Gigabit Ethernet data center network, eHarmony has deployed the Force10 TeraScale E600 to aggregate servers in its East and West Coast data centers and to provide a resilient 10 Gigabit Ethernet backbone that interconnects the core switch infrastructure. Additionally, eHarmony has deployed the TeraScale E300 as the peering router at the WAN edge of the network to connect its data centers to its bandwidth providers.

As eHarmony continues to build its service with new features, network flexibility is crucial. Force10’s diverse portfolio of line cards provides that flexibility. By using a combination of line-rate and high density line cards within a single system, eHarmony can optimize its network for each application and service. Additionally, as network needs change, eHarmony can seamlessly respond to those changes.

The unique three CPU architecture of the Force10 TeraScale E-Series distributes switching, routing and management functionalities between disparate processors. This distributed functionality enables the TeraScale E-Series to deliver line-rate switching and routing across leading port densities regardless of traffic conditions. The architecture of the TeraScale E-Series, combined with a robust software implementation that emphasizes function modularity, also ensures maximum network uptime for eHarmony’s online relationship services.

“As one of the country’s most visited and recognized consumer web sites, eHarmony needed a trusted partner for its network infrastructure,” said Mark Cooper, senior vice president of worldwide sales at Force10 Networks. “The TeraScale E-Series has the unique resiliency and scalability characteristics that enable eHarmony to support its customers.”

eHarmony registers 10,000-15,000 new users every day and, on average, more than 100 couples a day that have been matched through the relationship service marry.

About Force10 Networks
Force10 Networks is a global technology leader that data center, service provider and enterprise customers rely on when the network is their business. The company’s high performance Ethernet switching and routing solutions virtualize and automate Ethernet networks to deliver new and distinct economic advantages by increasing network availability, agility and efficiency while reducing power and cooling costs. Force10 provides 24x7 service and support capabilities to its global customer base in more than 60 countries worldwide. For more information on Force10 Networks, please visit www.force10networks.com.

Contact:
Kevin Kimball
Force10 Networks Inc.
+1 408 571-3544
kkimball@force10networks.com

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