SANTA CLARA, Calif., March 28, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced the availability of TrafficWorks (TW) Release 10.0 operating system software for the ServerIron 4G and ServerIron 4G-SSL fixed-configuration application and content management switches.
TW Release 10.0 introduces support for an integrated Web firewall that protects Web-based applications from a variety of attack types that can compromise the performance and integrity of an organization's application services. In addition, TW Release 10.0 adds support for HTTP compression for optimizing bandwidth utilization for Web-based applications. Adding to existing Web optimization features that include hardware-based SSL acceleration and server connection offload with HTTP connection pooling, TW Release 10.0 integrates a rich set of traffic management features to secure and accelerate application service delivery.
"Web applications have become the foundation for many of our customers' IT infrastructures," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager for Foundry's enterprise business unit. "TrafficWorks 10.0 for ServerIron 4G, with its integrated Web firewall capabilities and HTTP compression, provides a unified solution for delivering scalable, secure, resilient and bandwidth-optimized Web services for small to medium data center environments."
ServerIron 4G Series models leverage the same purpose-built architecture used in Foundry's high-end modular ServerIron switches, and are offered at an affordable entry price. ServerIron 4G-SSL switch includes integrated Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) hardware acceleration to increase the performance of secure Web transactions in enterprise and e-commerce environments by offloading SSL processing from servers and centralizing SSL certificate management. The ServerIron 4G is ideally suited to deliver high-performance, availability and security where entry price is a key consideration. The ServerIron 4G Series delivers features not available in the entry class market, including support for redundant and hot swappable AC and DC power supplies, integrated solution for multi-site redundancy and disaster recovery, and server farm security with Gigabit rate Denial of Service (DoS/DDoS) attack protection.
Foundry's ServerIron application switches provide sophisticated Internet traffic and content management features including server load balancing, global server load balancing (GSLB), transparent cache switching, and web acceleration and optimization.
Availability
TrafficWorks 10.0 for the ServerIron 4G and ServerIron 4G-SSL is available now.
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, 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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