SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 11, 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 will present on "Constructing High Performance and Secure Unified Networks" on Oct. 16, 2007 at TELADATA's "Technology Convergence Conference" at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Foundry's Val Oliva, director of Product Management for the Enterprise Business Unit, will lead this informative 40 minute session at the conference.
Session: "Constructing High Performance and Secure Unified Networks" Speaker: Val Oliva, director of Product Management, Foundry Networks Time and Date: 11:00 a.m.-11:40 a.m. PDT, Oct. 16, 2007 Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, Calif.
Mr. Oliva will identify the networking foundation and application components to enable high-performance and secure unified networks and highlight ways organizations can benefit from their intelligent converged infrastructure. Today, enterprises are using their unified voice and data networks as strategic assets to improve business productivity, enhance customer responsiveness, reduce operational costs and enable new applications and processes that create competitive differentiation. A high-performance and secure unified network can transform how a business manages and handles critical information traffic, as well as, improving operational efficiency and creating a more agile and responsive organization.
"More and more organizations are updating their existing networks with converged infrastructures using Internet Protocol thus blurring the lines between IT, facilities and other departments," said Bob Brown, CEO for TELADATA. "In order to be successful, it is important that organizations understand the networking foundation and application components needed to enable intelligent convergence and achieve the full benefits of a converged networking solution. The Technology Convergence Conference will focus on essential information to help technology professionals with designing, implementing and managing a best-of-breed unified network."
Mr. Oliva is the director of Product Management for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. He is also a board member and secretary for the Ethernet Alliance Organization, and chair of the Marketing Committee for Power Over Ethernet/Power Over Ethernet Plus (PoE/PoE+).
Before 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) was a standard, Mr. Oliva lead the 10GbE efforts at Foundry. He was a 10GEA Vice President, a Member of the Board of Directors with the 10GEA, and the Chair of the 10GEA Technical Committee. Mr. Oliva led the efforts to demonstrate the first and the largest 10GbE network vendor interoperability.
Prior to Foundry, Mr. Oliva held a Product Line Management position at Network Equipment Technology. He spent 10 years building IP networks since 1988, and was employed as a Network Architect and Network Manager at Hewlett-Packard and Bay Networks, respectively.
About TELADATA
TELADATA is an expert and unbiased, physical IT infrastructure consulting and project management firm that specializes in the planning, design, documentation, and project management of the technology infrastructure that supports network, telecommunications, and data processing operations. TELADATA's expertise also includes supporting clients with Audio/Visual consulting and project management. TELADATA has been in business for 21 years and has worked with companies in the high tech, life science, financial, legal, retail, entertainment, government, and education sectors.
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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