SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 8, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced its data center switching and application delivery solutions expand virtualization with Microsoft Windows Sever 2008 Hyper-V. Foundry's(r) award-winning Layer 2/3 switches and Layer 4-7 application delivery switches complement Microsoft's virtualization software to create industry-leading data center efficiency and business value across the board.
A key benefit of virtualization is the efficiency and productivity aspect with the ability to reduce data center power, space, and cooling requirements while retaining the high network performance to handle mission-critical applications and traffic. Foundry is a networking leader in developing products from the ground-up with the industry's best-in-class power efficiency without compromising performance by optimizing power consumed for each gigabit of actual performance. Foundry's data center solutions deliver the highest density chassis designs that optimize rack space with a smaller footprint and collapse server connectivity within the data center into fewer devices, drastically reducing power consumption, lowering cooling requirements, and requiring less rack space for a much more productive data center.
For backbone data center solutions, Foundry's BigIron(tm) RX-32 L2/3 backbone switch is up to 50% more efficient in watts per 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) in a comparison with three major competing products. The BigIron RX-32 offers an unprecedented 1,536 gigabit Ethernet or 128 10GbE ports and up to 2.2 Bbps throughput. Like the BigIron RX-32, the ServerIron(tm) 350/450/850 and 4G family of application delivery switch offers industry-leading performance through an advanced and extensive feature set. These advanced features allow for L4-7 application switching, global server load balancing, SSL acceleration, as well as DoS and DDoS security in both chassis and compact fixed form factor solutions with attractive efficiency characteristics. A combined Foundry infrastructure and Microsoft virtualization solution provides a powerful answer for enterprises looking to do more with less.
"Together with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Foundry's industry-leading data center infrastructure offers a compelling virtualization solution for enterprises," said Benjamin Taft, vice president of corporate marketing and alliances for Foundry. "By delivering interoperability between Foundry switches and Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, customers have a complete virtualization solution, from application platform to network infrastructure, to deliver overall lower operational costs and enhanced ROI. It is a true win-win for customers."
"The combination of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and Foundry's L2/3 and application delivery switches provides a powerful new way for enterprise customers to take advantage of virtualization with one solution from two industry leaders," said David Greschler, director of integrated virtualization strategy, Microsoft Corp. "Foundry's edge-to-core solutions complement Microsoft's holistic systems management suite and virtualization platform solutions, powering efficiencies across the data center and translating to a new vision of how to maximize IT infrastructure investments."
In recognition of these efficiency efforts, Foundry was awarded the Best of Interop Green Award for its success in reducing power consumption, increasing density across its entire product portfolio while extending the high performance and open standards that the company has long championed.
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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