PALO ALTO, Calif. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 19, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Frost & Sullivan's recent extensive research analysis of the global service provider backbone and metro router markets selected Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) as the recipient of the 2007 Most Valued Product Award (MVP) for its powerful, highly-dense and feature-rich NetIron XMR backbone and MLX metro router families.
"With the NetIron XMR and NetIron MLX, Foundry offers an unprecedented cost-feature advantage for service providers worldwide," said Prayerna Raina, Lead Analyst for the World Carrier Switch and Router Markets, Frost & Sullivan. "The platforms provide a solid feature set for the migration to a converged network addressing the Quality of Service (QoS), high availability, scalability and providing unmatched port density at extraordinary price points, across four market segments -- the Service Provider Core, Ethernet Aggregation, Multiservice Edge Router, and Ethernet Services Edge."
Foundry Networks' NetIron MLX and NetIron XMR address the most critical service provider requirements in a cost-effective way. Both the backbone and metro routing solutions provide a way for seamless migration, be it from IPv4, IPv6, legacy and Ethernet networks. The port density offered by the routers is extremely impressive and is a clear indication of advanced innovative engineering design. Foundry Networks has been able to provide service providers worldwide features on hardware and software levels. With attributes like redundant switch fabric, terabit-scale architecture, wire-speed dual stack IPv4/IPv6 routing, high scalability, compliance with various IEEE and other demanding standards, Foundry has ensured that service providers are able to receive the best performance and comprehensive set of features that will enable future-proofing deployments in a cost-effective and highly dense form factor.
"The drive to control capital and operational expenditures while addressing the needs of all types of customers and applications resets the industry bar for network convergence," said Sam Masud, principal analyst, carrier infrastructure, Frost & Sullivan. "Foundry Networks' NetIron MXR and NetIron MLX platforms offer global service providers scalable and cost-effective solutions for the migration to a next generation converged network infrastructure."
The NetIron XMR Series of backbone routers are available in four flavors; four-slot, eight-slot, sixteen-slot and thirty-two slot platforms and support MPLS, IPv4 and IPv6 on all models. The NetIron XMR delivers up to 3.2 Tbps data capacity and approximately 2 Billion packets per second (Bpps) per system processing capacity. The port-density offered by the NetIron XMR backbone router offers service providers remarkable investment protection along with scalability, hence enabling investment protection of their networks. On a per system basis, the NetIron XMR provides up to 128 10-GbE / 640 1-GbE / 64 OC-192 / 256 OC-48 ports. Foundry Networks has designed the NetIron XMR Series from the ground up to support high performance and scalability and can provide wire-speed, low latency, and ultra-low jitter routing for IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, and MPLS VPN services.
To support advanced QoS at the edge, the NetIron MLX Series of metro routers support inbound and outbound two-rate three-color traffic-policers with accounting. The NetIron MLX includes four-slot, eight-slot, sixteen-slot and the thirty two-slot models. The series offers the same port capacity on a single system as the NetIron XMR. The router supports a wide range of metro applications using a multitude of Layer 2 and MPLS capabilities. The series Layer 2 feature set includes the Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP), Foundry's Metro Ring Protocol (MRP), and Provider Bridging (IEEE 802.1ad). MPLS capabilities include IP over MPLS, Virtual Leased Line (VLL), Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS), and MPLS L3VPN.
Both NetIron MLX and NetIron XMR are Metro Ethernet Forum MEF 9 and MEF 14 certified and support multiple Pseudowire standards including RFCs 4447 and 4448 for Ethernet transport over MPLS networks.
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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 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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