SANTA CLARA, Calif., Feb. 27, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced it is offering an expanded series of free seminars in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific to demonstrate how organizations can build secure and reliable wired and wireless networks for the delivery of high-quality converged services throughout the enterprise. The seminar series will commence in Tokyo, Japan on March 2, 2007.
Today's wired and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) environments are enabling exciting new applications that facilitate information access and improve business efficiencies. The successful enterprise is dependent on the reliability, performance and scalability of its communications infrastructure. Foundry's Enterprise Seminar Series presents technologies and design best practices for building a reliable, secure and high-performance solution for an organization's wired and wireless network. Foundry products incorporate the latest in switch design, advanced network processor technology, rich feature sets, network-wide security, scalable architectures, and award-winning customer support to deliver network solutions that are cost effective, secure, and convergence-ready. The seminars draw upon Foundry's more than ten years of industry-proven experience delivering convergence-ready infrastructure solutions to the world's most demanding enterprise and service provider customers.
Foundry will present the key elements in building a secure, resilient and convergence-ready LAN infrastructure. To address the growing challenges faced by enterprise organizations, this seminar will address some of the recent standards and advances in wired and wireless technologies that enable network operators to deploy and realize the full benefits of a secure converged enterprise, fixed and mobile.
Topics will include standards-based network access control and embedded security features for protecting against unauthorized access, viruses and zero-day attacks. Convergence-enabling technologies such as Power over Ethernet (PoE) and the new IEEE 802.1AB Link Layer Discovery Protocol standard will be presented. Foundry will also present solutions for enabling scalable convergence in the wireless LAN, enabling the delivery of high-quality voice and data services to your mobile users as well.
"Enterprise organizations are growing increasingly dependent on their networks for rapid access to information from anywhere and at anytime," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "We are pleased with the opportunity to discuss with network engineers and architects how they can take advantage of advances in wired and wireless networking to build a secure and reliable infrastructure to enable the delivery of high-quality converged services throughout the enterprise."
Participation in the Foundry seminars is free to qualified attendees. More information on the global seminar series can be found at http://www.foundrynet.com/outbound/events/2007/free-seminars.html
About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, access routers and metro routers. Foundry's 10,400 customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynet.com.
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