China Computer World Selects Foundry Networks BigIron RX Series for Product of the Year Award
March 14 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Foundry
Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY), a performance and total solutions
leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that
the BigIron RX Series of Layer 2/3 Ethernet switches won the
prestigious China Computer World Award for performance and
innovation. "Foundry's BigIron RX Series switch won the 'product of
the Year 2005' award because it integrates state-of-art
technologies and is the industry's first billion packet per second
switch," said YuZhong Jin, senior IT journalist and publisher for
China Computer World. The BigIron RX Series excels in application
convergence, non-stop operation, scalability and IPv6-readiness. It
incorporates the latest advances in switch architecture, quality of
service (QoS), and switch security in a family of modular chassis
setting leading industry benchmarks for price performance,
scalability, and total cost of ownership (TCO). Available in three
chassis models, the BigIron RX Series allows network designers to
standardize on a single product family for aggregation and backbone
switching. In addition to its enterprise role, the BigIron RX
Series, with its high-density and compact design, is an ideal IP
solution for high-performance computing environments, Internet
Exchanges, and Internet Service Providers (IXPs and ISPs), where
non-blocking, high density Ethernet switches are required. "We are
pleased Foundry's BigIron RX series switch won the China Computer
World Award for innovation and performance," said Bobby Johnson,
president and chief executive officer for Foundry Networks. "The
BigIron RX is designed from the ground up to be an integral
component in business-critical networks. Its performance,
reliability, scalability, quality of service, and lower total cost
of ownership surpass competitor offerings, putting it in a class of
its own." Founded in 1980 by the joint efforts of the Ministry of
Information Industry of China and the American IDG Group, China
Computer World is the first comprehensive publication to focus on
the IT industry. Today it is the most influential IT publication in
China and aims to report on the development trends within China's
IT industry. It is the top ranking IT publication by advertising
revenue and it also co-hosts multiple important industry trade
shows. China Computer World's main audience includes corporate
users, IT professionals, joint venture company employees, and
managers from state-owned enterprises. About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. 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 9,300 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
http://www.foundrynetworks.com/. North America Media Contact Pavel
Radda Foundry Networks 408-207-1332 Europe Media Contact Tom Herbst
Kaizo +0207-580-8852 Asia/Pacific Media Contact Jenny Liu Foundry
Networks Hong Kong +852-2273-5993 Investor Contact: Jason Golz
Financial Dynamics 415-439-4532 DATASOURCE: Foundry Networks, Inc.
CONTACT: North America Media Contact, Pavel Radda of Foundry
Networks, +1-408-207-1332, or ; or Europe Media Contact, Tom Herbst
of Kaizo, +0207-580-8852, or , for Foundry Networks; or
Asia/Pacific Media Contact, Jenny Liu of Foundry Networks Hong
Kong, +852-2273-5993, or ; or investors, Jason Golz of Financial
Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or , for Foundry Networks Web site:
http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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