Petaluma telecom Turin Networks completes merger

<p>Petaluma’s Turin Networks is now Force10 Networks Inc., after the two companies finalized their merger. </p><p>Force10 will keep the former Turin facility in Petaluma, where there are about 120 employees, said company spokesman Kevin Wade. </p><p>Turin and San Jose-based Force10 announced in January they would merge operations to offer a more complete set of products for telecommunications providers and data center operators. </p><p>The all-stock merger was completed April 1. No other terms were disclosed. </p><p>Turin made equipment for wireless and wireline carriers, while Force10 created technology for the data centers run by large Web portals. </p><p>The combined company, headquartered in San Jose, will help customers adopt next-generation IP/Ethernet technology, a more efficient way of delivering voice, video and data over computer networks, said Henry Wasik, Force10’s new CEO. </p><p>Force10 Networks now has about 725 employees worldwide.</p>