SANTA CLARA, Calif., Oct. 25, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries quadrant of the October 2006 Global Campus LAN Magic Quadrant report(1). This report positions vendors in one of four quadrants based on the companies' vision and ability to execute on that vision. The four quadrants are Visionaries, Niche Players, Leaders and Challengers.
According to Gartner, "A visionary in the LAN switching market demonstrates an ability to increase features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. A visionary will have innovated in one or more of the key areas of campus LAN technologies (such as convergence, security, data center and operational efficiency)."
"We are extremely pleased to see that Gartner recognizes Foundry Networks as a visionary in the LAN switching market," said Bobby Johnson, president and chief executive officer for Foundry Networks. "This is further confirmation of Foundry's commitment to building advanced networking solutions that enable organizations to achieve new levels of communication and business efficiencies. Our innovation has established Foundry as an industry leader. Our newest generation of switching and routing products provides our customers with a secure and convergence-ready solution designed to meet their networking demands well into the future."
Foundry Networks offers a complete edge to core Ethernet solution based on advanced switching and traffic management technologies to deliver the security, reliability and performance required by information-powered enterprises. Using Foundry products, enterprise organizations can be confident that they have chosen an industry-leading and proven solution as the foundation for their converged communications infrastructure.
To learn more, read the full report: http://www.foundrynet.com/pdf/gartner-mq-campus-lan-2006.pdf
(1) "Magic Quadrant for Campus LAN (Global), 2006," Mark Fabbi, 16 October 2006
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 10,400 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.foundrynetworks.com.
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