Limelight Networks Manages Massive CDN Growth by Selecting Foundry's NetIron XMR IP/MPLS Routers
March 21 2006 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Foundry
Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY), a performance and total solutions
leader for end-to-end switching and routing, and Limelight Networks
Inc., the world's leading content delivery network for digital
media, today announced the purchase of Foundry's NetIron XMR
routers at the TelecomNEXT trade show and conference in Las Vegas.
Limelight Networks will deploy the NetIron XMR IP/MPLS routers in
all its Content Delivery Network (CDN) centers to scale its
massive, globally distributed peering and direct broadband
connectivity worldwide. While Limelight's network architecture is
already a generation ahead of other CDNs, Foundry's next generation
IP/MPLS routers offer Limelight the ability to meet the challenging
demands of their rapidly growing business. Designed specifically
for large-scale Service Provider IP/MPLS networks, Foundry's XMR
delivers a unique combination of full-featured routing, carrier-
class reliability, massive scalability, and lower total cost of
ownership compared to competing products. Limelight's selection of
the XMR underscores their endeavor to maintain the highest
performance and most efficient content delivery network in the
industry. "We're in the midst of accelerating growth in the
distribution of digital media -- we expect that our CDN services
will more than double in traffic volume in 2006," said Nathan
Raciborski, CTO of Limelight Networks. "We rely on Foundry's
NetIron XMR IP/MPLS routers as the essential link between Limelight
and our massively provisioned, global distribution capacity.
Foundry ensures that we maintain the highest levels of network
performance, flexibility, and efficiency as we continue to rapidly
scale our CDN to customer demand." Featuring Foundry's cutting-edge
5th generation Network Processor based architecture, the NetIron
XMR Series router offers network operators a rich mix of services,
including dual stack wire-speed IPv4/IPv6 routing, as well as MPLS
Traffic Engineered Tunnels, Virtual Leased Lines (VLL), Virtual
Private LAN Service (VPLS), and BGP/MPLS VPN (RFC 2547bis)
services. The Foundry architecture enables customers to mix these
services on the same platform, all at a fraction of the cost of
traditional routers. The NetIron XMR Series is comprised of three
system configurations to address the port density and traffic
handling capacity needs of different providers. "Foundry's NetIron
XMR not only delivers industry leading performance, but also
provides high reliability, scalability, and robust routing protocol
support required by content delivery networks and global Service
Providers alike," said Bobby Johnson, president and chief executive
officer for Foundry Networks. "We are pleased to further power
Limelight's first-class network with NetIron XMR's superior service
availability and quality." NetIron XMR Series routers utilize
Foundry's innovative Multi-Service IronWare Operating System, which
is designed for high-availability and security. The Multi-Service
IronWare OS features a multi-threaded distributed design, and
non-stop operation through hitless management/fabric failover with
graceful degradation, hitless (in-service) operating system
upgrades, rapid routing convergence, and MPLS Fast Reroute
capabilities. The NetIron XMR Series routers also offer operators a
rich set of hardware based tools for securing their networks
including industry leading wire-speed access control list (ACL)
scalability, Unicast Reverse Path Forwarding (Unicast RPF), and
platform Receive ACLs (rACLs) for protecting end-users as well as
the networking infrastructure against rampant attacks through the
Internet. For more information on Foundry Networks' NetIron XMR and
other industry leading solutions, visit the Foundry booth number
2010 at TelecomNEXT Las Vegas or call 1.888.TURBOLAN. About
Limelight Networks Privately held Limelight Networks is the leading
content delivery network for Internet distribution of video, music,
games, and downloads. Limelight's advanced content delivery network
provides the world's top media companies high-performance delivery
of media and software via the Internet, making Limelight Networks
the content delivery network of choice for more than 400
world-class customers including Akimbo, ABC Radio Networks, Belo
Interactive, "BuyMusic" @ Buy.com, DreamWorks, LLC, IFILM, Live365,
Marimba, MSNBC.com, NC Interactive, NPR, Real Networks Rhapsody,
Radio Free Virgin, Valve Software, and Xbox Live. For more
information, visit: http://www.llnw.com/ . About Foundry Networks,
Inc. 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/. Contact:
North America, Pavel Radda of Foundry Networks, +1-408-207-1332, or
; or Europe, Tom Herbst of Kaizo, +0207-580-8852, or , for Foundry;
or Asia/Pacific, 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. DATASOURCE: Foundry
Networks, Inc. CONTACT: North America, Pavel Radda of Foundry
Networks, +1-408-207-1332, or ; or Europe, Tom Herbst of Kaizo,
+0207-580-8852, or , for Foundry; or Asia/Pacific, 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
Web site: http://www.llnw.com/ Web site:
http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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