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Exhibit 21
SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT
o Meret Communications, Inc., a California corporation
o Sorrento Networks, Inc., a Delaware corporation
o Sorrento Networks Europe SA, a Belgium company
o Sorrento Networks GmBH, incorporated in Germany
o Osicom Technologies Europe Limited, incorporated in the United Kingdom
o Sorrento Networks Asia Pacific, PTE
o Distributed Systems International, Inc., an Illinois corporation
o Relialogic Technology Corporation, a California corporation
o R-Net International, Inc., a Nevada corporation
o PDP Acquisition Corp., a California corporation, (doing business as
Pacific Data Products)
o Sciteq Communications, Inc., a Nevada corporation
o Osicom Technologies SA, incorporated in France
o Sorrento Valley Real Estate Holdings, LLC