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Partnership Enables Customers to Employ Foundry Network Infrastructure to Analyze sFlow Data; Mazu Networks' Leadership Position Within the Enterprise Market Cements Place as One of the Premier NBA Providers in Foundry Networks' Security Alliance Program CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Mazu Networks, the leading provider of behavior-based network security solutions, today announced that it has joined the Foundry IronShield(TM) 360 Network Security Alliance. The Alliance was formed by Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, to help enterprises build secure, scalable and high-performance network infrastructures with proven vendor solutions. The partnership enables Mazu Networks to analyze data from Foundry's sFlow(R), an industry standard technology for monitoring high-speed, switched networks, through Mazu Profiler(TM), a Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) system. As a result, customers can gain enterprise-wide and real-time application availability, protection of their critical IT assets and achieve policy enforcement for compliance. The Foundry IronShield 360 Security Alliance brings together open, interoperable, leading security companies to provide a complete set of network security solutions around Foundry's award winning network, security and application acceleration products. Through this partnership, Mazu Networks can now extend the benefits of Mazu Profiler to enterprise customers using Foundry's high performance switches and routers. Mazu Profiler processes sFlow data delivered from Foundry's network devices, providing customers with a complete security solution that addresses the growing market need to use the intelligence within network equipment to provide internal security, application availability and compliance. "Foundry's customers clearly prefer to solve their internal network security issues by employing the instrumentation capability that is already built into their existing infrastructure. Through this partnership, customers achieve this objective by gaining the ability to use traffic flow information provided by Foundry switches and routers to better understand their network and the internal threats placing it at risk," said Joe Gately, vice president, North American sales and alliances, Mazu Networks. "Additionally, the same Foundry network equipment can be used to mitigate malicious or unauthorized behavior." "Foundry and Mazu Networks provide security solutions for customers that enable them to effectively secure complex enterprise network environments," said Gary Hemminger, director of product marketing, Foundry Networks. "Together we are enhancing options for organizations that want to build secure network solutions that are cost-effective, scalable, reliable and do not lock customers into single vendor solutions." Foundry Networks IronShield 360 Security provides multiple levels of network security, both at the perimeter, inside the LAN and in the datacenter. The foundation of IronShield 360 is a reliable and high-performance architecture with wire-speed switching, security and advanced sFlow sensor support. The IronShield 360 Network Security model provides secure device, network, and service protection to insure that all network resources are healthy and operating at maximum effectiveness. Mazu Profiler(TM) Mazu Profiler analyzes network traffic and behavior to provide organizations with the intelligence required to operate internal networks more securely. By examining enterprise-wide network traffic in real-time, Mazu Profiler provides security, network and audit teams with: insight into applications availability; protection from worms and insider breaches and compliance assistance through the audit and enforcement of internal controls. Mazu Networks leads the NBA enterprise market by providing a family of solutions that address the specific needs of varying network environments. By offering solutions that meet the requirements of both the SMB and large enterprise market, companies are able to easily scale Mazu Profiler as their networks evolve in size and/or complexity. Availability Mazu Profiler is available through Mazu Networks' sales channels and authorized resellers. The Foundry Networks and Mazu Profiler integration is immediately available to enterprise and government customers. For more information on Mazu Profiler and the integration with Foundry's sFlow, visit: http://www.mazunetworks.com/partners/solutions/ or call: 866-354-MAZU. About Mazu Networks, Inc. Mazu Networks provides behavior-based network security solutions that analyze network traffic and behavior to operate enterprise networks more securely. Mazu Networks' offerings include Mazu Profiler(TM) -- a Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) system that provides internal network visibility and protection and eases the IT burden of compliance and Mazu Enforcer(TM) -- a perimeter security solution that detects and mitigates denial-of-service attacks. Mazu Networks is backed by premier venture capital firms, including Greylock Partners, Matrix Partners, Pilot House Ventures Group and StarVest Partners. Symantec Corporation also is an investor in the company. Mazu Networks is an IBM Business Partner. Headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., Mazu Networks also has locations in New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. For more information, please visit http://www.mazunetworks.com/. 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 9,700 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/. Media Contacts: Karen Regan Mazu Networks, Inc. 617.354.9292 ext. 148 karen.reganmazunetworks.com Pavel Radda Foundry Networks 408.207.1332 Foundry Networks Investor Contact: Jason Golz Financial Dynamics 415.439.4532 DATASOURCE: Foundry Networks, Inc. CONTACT: Karen Regan of Mazu Networks, Inc., +1-617-354-9292, ext. 148, or karen.reganmazunetworks.com; or Pavel Radda of Foundry Networks, +1-408-207-1332, or ; or investors, Jason Golz of Financial Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or , for Foundry Networks Web site: http://www.mazunetworks.com/ Web site: http://www.foundrynetworks.com/

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