SANTA CLARA, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that Foundry's Franchesca Walker will participate in the panel discussion, "How to Build a Voice-ready Data Network," on Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 1:00 p.m. PDT at VoiceCon San Francisco 2007 in Moscone Center North, Room 123. In a second presentation, Ms. Walker will also provide a comprehensive product briefing on end-to-end IP infrastructures built on Foundry's leading architecture on Tuesday, Aug. 21 at 4:30 p.m. PDT in Moscone Center North, Room 1.
Today's networks are providing services considered nearly impossible just a few years ago. Internet, e-mail, voice and video conferencing are just a few of the business applications that are placing higher demands upon enterprise network infrastructures. Delivering voice solutions requires more than just connectivity. Issues such as call quality, reliability, availability, security and power management are paramount in a complete voice solution. Foundry provides a complete set of switching and routing solutions that helps customers move into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions without the difficulties and downtime of replacing their network infrastructure.
Franchesca Walker, director of Enterprise Solutions for Foundry Networks, will participate in the 1:00 p.m. PDT panel discussion on building a voice-ready network providing valuable insight into the best practices of VoIP-ready infrastructures. Ms. Walker will address specific topics regarding Quality of Service (QoS), security and mobility for voice services on an IP network. In her second presentation at 4:30 p.m. PDT, Ms. Walker will discuss Foundry's end-to-end IP infrastructure built on a wire-speed, non-blocking architecture that offers reliability, availability and security to enterprises. With Foundry products in their network, enterprises can be confident that they can deliver both legacy applications and new applications such as voice and video.
Ms. Walker has more than twenty years of product marketing and management experience in networking solutions. Prior to joining Foundry, Ms. Walker held product management, business development and quality assurance positions with Adaptive Broadband, Cisco Systems, Luminous Networks, Nortel Networks, Siemens and Telmax Communications. Ms. Walker holds a B.A. from the St. Mary's University and an M.B.A. from Belford University.
For more information, please visit Foundry Networks at VoiceCon San Francisco 2007 in Booth 201 in Moscone Center North.
About VoiceCon(r)
VoiceCon(r) is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, convergence and Unified Communications in North America. VoiceCon(r) brings enterprise decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. As the momentum toward IP telephony and convergence has grown, VoiceCon has expanded to include two yearly shows: VoiceCon San Francisco 2007, returning to the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco , August 20-23, and VoiceCon Orlando 2008, set for March 17-20 at the Gaylord Palms Hotel. The VoiceCon portfolio also includes the VoiceCon Implementation Tour, which will take place in Fall 2007 in New York, Anaheim, Toronto, San Francisco and Chicago. VoiceCon also serves the community with a weekly email newsletter that is circulated to approximately 28,000 subscribers-VoiceCon eNews ( http://www.voicecon.com/enews ); VoIP Loop ( http://www.voiploop.com/ ), a news, information and opinion site that features thought leaders in VoIP and enterprise IP Telephony and convergence; and the VoiceCon Webinar Series. For more information, visit http://www.voicecon.com/.
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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