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TSANet Announces New Members; Force10 Networks, SWsoft, and Zhone Technologies, Inc. Join Multivendor Support Alliance

Posted on: Thursday, 22 December 2005, 15:00 CST

TSANet (Technical Support Alliance Network), the industry's largest vendor-neutral support alliance, today announced that three new members have joined its ranks. The new members are Force10 Networks, the pioneer in high-performance switching and routing, SWsoft, an established leader in server automation and virtualization software, and Zhone Technologies, the first company dedicated to building total-delivery solutions for voice, data and content services worldwide.

"These companies represent the diversity and influx of new members into the TSANet alliance," said Dennis Smeltzer, TSANet executive director. "They have each joined different relationships offered by the TSANet infrastructure with the common goal being they support mutual customers in multivendor situations. By utilizing the TSANet relationship structure, our members are assured a cooperative support relationship backed by the largest vendor-neutral support alliance in the world," he concluded.

About Force10 Networks

Force10 Networks is the pioneer in high-performance switching and routing. 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 the company's website at www.force10networks.com.

About SWsoft

SWsoft is a recognized leader in server automation and virtualization software. With more than 10,000 customers in over 100 countries, SWsoft's suite of products delivers proven performance, reliability, manageability and value. Headquartered in Herndon, Va., with offices around the world, SWsoft Inc. is a high growth company, funded by Bessemer Venture Partners, Insight Venture Partners and Intel Capital, offering comprehensive solutions - transparently integrated through the OPEN FUSION Initiative - including Virtuozzo, Plesk, SiteBuilder, HSPcomplete and PEM. For more information about SWsoft, visit www.swsoft.com.

Zhone Technologies, Inc. (Zhone)

Zhone designs and manufactures network equipment for network operators worldwide. Zhone's products allow network operators to deliver a rich array of voice, data, video, and entertainment services over their existing networks while simultaneously retooling for converged packet-based voice (VoIP) and video (IPTV) over copper or fiber access lines. Zhone's advanced networking solutions include the Single Line Multi-Service architecture (SLMS), Multi-Access Line Concentrator (MALC), Raptor and GrandSLAM ATM/IP DSLAMs, ReachDSL Network Extender Ethernet in the First Mile bonded solutions, Zhone Residential Gateways (ZRG), GigaMux, Optical Transport Systems and Zhone Management System (ZMS).With deployments at over 400 carriers including among some of the world's largest networks, Zhone has enabled network operators to reinvent their businesses. For more information, please visit www.zhone.com.

About TSANet

Founded in 1993, TSANet (Technical Support Alliance Network) is a worldwide support alliance that offers an industry-wide forum to facilitate servicing multivendor customers while providing an infrastructure for more efficient multivendor problem solving. Membership consists of more than one hundred software and hardware companies, including industry giants such as Dell, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Novell, Symantec, Sun Microsystems, and Unisys. TSANet can be reached at 913-345-9311 or at www.tsanet.org.

Company and product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Source: Business Wire

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