SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 12, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced its ServerIron(r) Release 10 family of application delivery switches achieved SAP(r) Certified Integration for third-party networking appliances that interoperate with SAP business software solutions using an enterprise service-oriented architecture (enterprise SOA) and the SAP ERP 6.0 application on the SAP NetWeaver(r) 7.0 platform. Certification demonstrates Foundry's(tm) commitment to providing application delivery products and solutions that are industry leading in interoperability for enterprise customers. Customers can be confident that their ServerIron application switches interoperate with their SAP solution-based environment while maintaining the powerful application switching, content management, security features, and uncompromising application benefits that the ServerIron family brings to an enterprise environment.
Enterprise SOA-based SAP applications and the SAP NetWeaver platform allow companies to accelerate business innovation and respond to changing business needs with a flexible, enterprise services-based platform, as well as dramatically reduce the costs of building new business processes through the reuse of existing functionality. The certified integration between ServerIron application switches and SAP solutions will help provide peace of mind for customers.
"Foundry has been very active with its ServerIron product line and achieving certified integration with SAP solutions shows a strong commitment to large enterprise customers," said Steven J. Schuchart, Jr., principal analyst, Data Center & Enterprise Network Systems for Current Analysis.
Certification was overseen by the SAP Integration and Certification Center (SAP ICC) and conducted at the SAP Co-Innovation Lab in Palo Alto, Calif. SAP Certified Integration status of the ServerIron family was confirmed by the SAP ICC in the following certification categories:
* Performance - the ServerIron family offers increased performance due to application server CPU offloading effects. * Reliability and Availability - the ServerIron family complements the SAP solution for high availability and thus helps to increase overall landscape reliability. * Security - the ServerIron family provides security from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack defense and the ability to offload SSL with performance benefits.
"With the use of enterprise applications on the rise, interoperability between networking hardware and commonly used software is an absolute requirement," said Matthias Machowinski, directing analyst, Enterprise Voice and Data Networking for Infonetics Research, Inc. "SAP's verification of interoperability with Foundry's ServerIron application delivery switches gives customers peace of mind that they are selecting a solution that is certified to integrate with SAP solutions, which ultimately translates into improved business efficiency and continuity."
The Foundry ServerIron family of application delivery switches has been certified with SAP solutions in the simulated yet demanding real-world test environment of the SAP Co-Innovation Lab. The certified integration allows organizations to improve and transform their business as well as physical IT network with enterprise SOA-based SAP applications, the SAP NetWeaver platform, and Foundry's ServerIron network solution. Foundry's ability to easily facilitate many key network services onto the ServerIron platform allows customers to experience increased performance, security, and reliability and availability across their often global networks.
Foundry's ServerIron family of application delivery and traffic management switches is an industry leader in high availability, acceleration, security and scalability for business-critical IP, Web and VoIP applications. The ServerIron family provides a total solution for server load balancing, application (Layer 7) switching, server farm and application security, SSL acceleration, compression, and multi-site redundancy.
"In a world where efficiency is measured in milliseconds and Web-based application performance is vital for business continuity, interoperability between networking platforms and software solutions is a must," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "Foundry is firmly committed to providing industry-leading application delivery products and solutions that interoperate and enhance the performance of leading enterprise software solutions from SAP. We are pleased to work closely with the SAP Co-Innovation Lab and the SAP ICC through the rigorous certification process to help provide assurance that our ServerIron family of application delivery switches provides our customers proven application delivery solutions for building scalable, reliable and secure applications infrastructure."
For more information about the SAP Certified Integration status of Foundry's ServerIron application switches, please visit www.foundrynet.com/partners/partners-tech/sap-certified.html.
About the SAP Co-Innovation Lab
Founded in June 2007, the SAP Co-Innovation Lab provides a hands-on environment for SAP, independent software vendors (ISVs), system integrators (SIs), and technology partners to work together with customers around current and future technologies, as well as showcase how customers can increase competitive advantage and improve efficiencies by transforming their business networks with enterprise SOA.
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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