SANTA CLARA, Calif. and WASHINGTON, Oct. 25, 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 it is exhibiting and participating in two sessions on carrier Ethernet services and MPLS load sharing at the 10th annual MPLS 2007 International Conference in Washington, D.C. In addition to the technical sessions, Foundry will be exhibiting its award-winning NetIron(r) XMR 32000 backbone router and service provider infrastructure and solutions in Booth 102. MPLS 2007 will take place from Oct. 28 to 31, 2007 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
The first session will feature Foundry's Ahmed Abdelhalim and discuss carrier Ethernet services. The second session will focus on boosting capacity utilization in Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) networks using load sharing. In this presentation, Foundry's Sanjay Khanna will look at the reasons for load sharing, the various layers where load sharing is used, highlight the criteria used for load sharing at each layer and recommend the best schemes to be used for each traffic type to boost network capacity utilization. He will further highlight interesting techniques of speculation in MPLS packets and neutralizing polarization effects.
Session: "Vendor Panel Session: Carrier Ethernet Services" Participant: Ahmed Abdelhalim, director of product marketing, Foundry Networks Time & Date: 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. EDT, Tues., Oct. 30, 2007 Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C. Session: "Boosting Capacity Utilization in MPLS Networks Using Load Sharing" Speaker: Sanjay Khanna, senior product marketing manager, Foundry Networks Time & Date: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT, Wed., Oct. 31, 2007 Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Foundry has leveraged more than 10 years of routing and switching experience and more than five years of MPLS experience to develop its fifth generation of Terabit-scale MPLS routers, the NetIron XMR Series and NetIron MLX Series. Foundry's MPLS solutions are cost- and performance-optimized for advanced applications in metro edge, aggregation, data centers and Internet core routing.
The NetIron family of routers from Foundry uses a highly distributed routing architecture to deliver feature-rich, wire-speed performance in IPv4/v6/MPLS applications. These platforms enable the delivery of advanced services over a converged IP/MPLS-based infrastructure. Backed by the intelligence in Multi-Service IronWare(tm) operating system software, Foundry's NetIron family of routers offer a range of solutions such as point-to-point Layer 2 MPLS VPNs (Virtual Leased Line, VLL), Multi-point Layer 2 MPLS VPNs (Virtual Private LAN Service, VPLS), Layer 3 MPLS VPNs (RFC2547bis), and MPLS traffic engineering and IP over MPLS.
For more information, please visit Foundry in Booth 102 or visit www.foundrynet.com.
About Isocore
Isocore provides technology validation, certification and product evaluation services in emerging and next-generation Internet and wireless technologies. Isocore is leading validation and interoperability of novel technologies including Carrier Ethernet, IPv6, IP Optical Integration, wireless backhauling and Layer 2/3 Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), and currently focuses on IPTV service deployment architecture validation and design. Major router and switch vendors, service providers, and test equipment suppliers participate in Isocore activities. Isocore has major offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
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, metro and core 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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