SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LEWISTON, N.Y., Sept. 18, 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 Niagara Falls Bridge Commission (NFBC), a joint U.S. and Canadian agency, installed Foundry's BigIron(r) RX backbone switches, FastIron(r) family of Power over Ethernet (PoE) switches, IronPoint(tm) wireless, IronView(r) Network Manager (INM) software, as well as Lancope's StealthWatch(tm) Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) and response solution and Lockdown's Enforcer(tm) Network Access Control (NAC) solution, for a comprehensive end-to-end networking solution to secure and manage three highly traveled border crossings in the Niagara Falls area. The converged network, running on Foundry's networking and wireless hardware, transports on-demand data, voice and video throughout their operations providing the NFBC and travelers with critical communication and advanced physical security.
Currently the fourth busiest border crossing between the United States and Canada, the NFBC managed more than seven million border crossings in 2006 and is responsible for more than $32 billion in trade between both countries. Security and traffic management is overseen remotely at the NFBC's Operations Center in their administrative headquarters in Lewiston, N.Y.
From the Operations Center, management and staff are responsible for analyzing the information from numerous PoE IP video and CCTV cameras and secure wireless Access Points (AP) placed at strategic locations along the bridges as well as at the U.S. and Canadian Customs Plazas and the NFBC's headquarters. The information from the cameras is sent through Foundry's network infrastructure and is used to monitor traffic in each lane, locate traffic accidents and any unusual activities or incidents remotely. Operations Center staff analyzes incoming video, voice and data and coordinate responses 24 hours a day and seven days a week; consequently, the appropriate specialist teams and resources are deployed more efficiently and quickly saving the NFBC time and financial resources. In addition to physically securing the border crossings, the NFBC secured their own network by augmenting Foundry's robust hardware and software security features with solutions from Foundry's security partners Lancope and Lockdown. By integrating Lancope's Stealthwatch with INM, the NFBC is able to integrate network behavior analysis with network management to detect flow-based anomalies and threats. To protect network access control, the NFBC has implemented Lockdown's NAC solution to authenticate and audit network users and devices.
"With recent heightened security requirements, we place the utmost importance on maintaining a very high level of virtual and physical network security, while maintaining a robust and fully functional network for all operations," said Michael O'Reilly, head of MIS for the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission. "It is crucial that our network infrastructure, from security cameras to our data center, operate around the clock without unexpected downtime or failure. Foundry Networks' robust, reliable and scalable network hardware allows us to remotely monitor and manage our entire security and information management systems without unnecessary maintenance or unexpected additional costs."
Established by the U.S. and Canadian governments in 1938, the jointly-operated and self-supported NFBC is responsible for the management, security and maintenance of the three international border crossings in the Niagara Falls area: the Lewiston-Queenston, the Rainbow, and the Whirlpool Rapids bridges. The NFBC works in conjunction with local U.S. and Canadian law enforcement as well as customs officials from both countries in order to coordinate a seamless flow of traffic and trade between both countries.
"We are very pleased that Niagara Falls Bridge Commission has implemented a Foundry solution for their wired and wireless infrastructure. Foundry's open network architecture provides the flexibility to deploy a best-of-breed solution," said Bob Schiff, vice president an general manager for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "Indeed, the NFBC network is a multi-vendor architecture in which the Foundry wired and wireless network is complemented with products from our security partners, Lancope and Lockdown Networks. The end result is a network the delivers the performance, convergence and scalability advantages of the underlying Foundry switch infrastructure and the access control and real-time threat detection and mitigation enabled by our partners' products. With this complete solution, the NFBC can be confident that their extensive technical, security and regulatory compliance needs will be met today and into the future."
To learn more about the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission, visit www.niagarafallsbridges.com.
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