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Nature of Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Nature of Operations [Abstract]  
Nature of Operations
Nature of Operations

Radisys Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS) is a provider of wireless infrastructure solutions to the telecom market.  The Company's Media Resource Function ("MRF"), T-Series platform products, and Trillium software coupled with an expert professional services organization enable the Company's customers to bring high-value products and services to the telecom market faster and with lower investment and risk.  By leveraging this telecom expertise, the Company is also able to deliver its products and capabilities into adjacent markets such as aerospace and defense. These products are targeted throughout the telecommunication network from Radio Access Network ("RAN") to the Evolved Packet Core ("EPC") to the IP Multimedia Subsystem ("IMS") and include the following:

MRF products, which can be purchased either as a complete product on our own T-Series ATCA platforms (MPX-12000) or as software-only MPX Operating Software ("MPX-OS") when the Company's customers want to leverage other processing platforms, are designed into the IMS core of the network and provide the necessary media processing capabilities required as carriers deploy applications such as audio conferencing, Voice over Long-Term Evolution ("VoLTE"), Rich Communications Services (“RCS”) and video conferencing;

T-Series ATCA and Network Appliance products provide the platforms necessary to control and move data in the core of the telecom network enabling networks elements within the EPCs as well as providing a platform for applications such as Deep Packet Inspection ("DPI") and policy management. When these products are combined with the Company's professional service organization of network experts, we believe this technology enables customers to bring to market solutions such as intelligent gateways (security, femto, and LTE gateways) and load balancers, at a cost and time to market advantage when compared to internally developed solutions; and

Trillium software is the protocol foundation for a complete turn-key application that enables the linkage between end user wireless devices and small cells as carriers seek to optimize radio access spectrum utilization in both the 3G and LTE networks. Additionally, the Company leverages the same Trillium technology to enable small cell applications in adjacent markets such as aerospace and defense as well as manufacturing and test.

Certain prior year balances have been reclassified to conform to the current year’s presentation. Such reclassifications did not affect total cash flows, total net revenues, operating loss, net loss, total assets, total liabilities or shareholders’ equity.