Nature of Operations (Notes)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Nature of Operations [Abstract]

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Nature of Operations

Radisys is a leader in enabling wireless infrastructure solutions for the telecom, aerospace, and defense markets. The Company's market-leading ATCA, MRF, COM Express, Network Appliance and world-renowned Trillium software coupled with an expert professional services organization enable the Company's customers to bring high-value products and services to telecom market faster and with lower investment and risk. These products are targeted throughout the telecommunication network from Radio Access Network ("RAN") to the Evolved Packet Core ("EPC") to the IP Mulitmedia Subsystem ("IMS"). Trillium software is the foundation for a complete turn-key application for small cells in both the 3G and LTE RAN. ATCA and Network Appliance products are the platforms necessary to control and move data in the network core, as well as applications such as Deep Packet Inspection ("DPI") and policy management. The Company's MRF, an application built on ATCA platforms, provides audio conferencing, VoLTE, and video conferencing functions into the network IMS. Additionally, when these products are combined with the Company's professional service organization of network experts they can enable customers to bring to market solutions such as security, femto, and LTE gateways, edge routers and load balancers that are critical elements within the networks at a cost and time to market advantage when compared to internally developed solutions.