Easynet Selects Riverstone's Carrier Ethernet Technology for Web Hosting Service SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Riverstone Networks (RSTN.PK) today announced that Easynet France, the French subsidiary of the pan-European broadband networking provider Easynet (LSE:ESY), is deploying the company's Ethernet routers to enhance its web hosting services. Using the Quality of Service (QoS) and security features of Riverstone's RS 3100 access routers, Easynet can provide each hosted web site with its own dedicated bandwidth so that individual customers use only the bandwidth they require. As a result, users visiting the hosted sites will experience improved performance and security as well as reduced delays when accessing information. "Our web hosting customers like to be able to profile their web site traffic to determine the exact level of bandwidth they need," said Delphine Goujon, Network Skill Center Manager, Easynet. "We took advantage of the RS 3100's advanced features, such as fine bi-directional shaping and Layer 2 isolation, and applied them to the data center environment. These attributes enabled us to design a scaleable and cost-efficient data center infrastructure that grows when new customers come in. We also liked the RS 3100's small footprint and good port-density, which are well suited for data centers." The RS 3100 features two flexible linecard slots and 32 10/100BaseTX fixed RJ-45 ports, and can interoperate with traditional data networks, allowing service providers to expand the network's reach without changing or compromising existing SLAs. Featuring high-performance routing and switching, and dynamic on-demand bandwidth provisioning, the RS 3100 access routers extend Ethernet/IP service delivery to the metro access. "End-users want to use new Ethernet-based services, but expect similar SLA capabilities to those provided by Frame Relay and ATM services," said Steve Whipps, General Manager, EMEA, Riverstone Networks. "Riverstone's Quality of Service (QoS) solution provides these bandwidth-tailoring capabilities and is highly scalable, allowing multiple customers and service types to be deployed simultaneously." Founded in 1994, Easynet is a leading pan-European broadband networking company, providing businesses across Europe with innovative, IP-based wide area network solutions. Easynet is an infrastructure-based provider, with a 'pure IP' next generation network. Easynet is focused on Europe, with deep infrastructure and expertise across eight European countries. Easynet's fault-tolerant networks deliver mission-critical data to a range of corporations, either nationally or cross-border across Europe. "On the ground" operational capability enables Easynet to provide highly skilled pan-European technical design and project management, coupled with a single point of contact for network management, multi-lingual support and customer care. Riverstone Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of carrier Ethernet infrastructure solutions for business and residential communications services. Riverstone's Ethernet router portfolio uniquely delivers the reliability that allows carriers to meet the triple play -- voice, video and data -- service requirements of their customers in a cost-effective and scalable way. Riverstone allows carriers to offer new services over existing revenue-generating networks permitting them to evolve to a next generation Ethernet infrastructure. Riverstone Contact: Agency Contact: Amy Huitt Tamara Morris Riverstone Networks Fleishman Hillard 1-408-878-6918 44 207 395 7037 DATASOURCE: Riverstone Networks, Inc. CONTACT: Amy Huitt of Riverstone Networks, +1-408-878-6918, or ; or Tamara Morris of Fleishman Hillard, 44 207 395 7037, or Web site: http://www.riverstonenet.com/

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