SANTA CLARA, Calif. and ORLANDO, Fla., March 13, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced that it will be participating and exhibiting at VoiceCon Orlando 2008, March 17 to 20, in Orlando, Fla. Foundry's(tm) Franchesca Walker will participate in a Leading EDGE-ucation session and panel discussion on converged communication strategies at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center. In addition to these speaking engagements, Foundry will also be exhibiting networking solutions for unified and converged communications at booth 1023 in the exhibit hall.
Session: Leading EDGE-ucation "Converged Solutions for Your Growing
Business Needs"
Speaker: Franchesca Walker, Foundry's director of Enterprise
Solutions
Time and Date: 3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. EDT, Tues., March 18, 2008
Location: Leading EDGE-ucation Room One
Panel: "Upgrading Your Data Network for Voice"
Speaker: Franchesca Walker, Foundry's director of Enterprise
Solutions
Time and Date: 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. EDT, Wed., March 19, 2008
Location: Room Osceola A
In Tuesday's EDGE-ucation session, Ms. Walker will discuss how Foundry's enterprise-class technology can provide organizations high-performance solutions for next-generation converged applications and services. As part of Wednesday's panel discussion, Ms. Walker will help address specific topics regarding implementation of voice on a legacy data network, such as the complex challenges of delivering acceptable quality and sufficient security as a business scales to serve more users across distributed locations. This session will give a detailed understanding of potential technical problems, the steps to take to overcome these problems, and the specific technologies and practices that are required to make voice run over a data network.
Today's networks are providing services considered nearly impossible just a few years ago. Internet, e-mail, multimedia messaging and video conferencing are just a few of the business applications that are placing higher demands upon enterprise network infrastructures. More than just connectivity, issues such as call quality, reliability, availability, scalability, security and power management are paramount in a complete converged communications solution. Foundry provides a complete set of switching and routing solutions that help customers move into converged communications without the difficulties and downtime of replacing their network infrastructure.
Ms. Walker has over twenty-five years of networking product management experience in enterprise and service provider market segments. Prior to joining Foundry, Ms. Walker held product management, business development and quality assurance positions with Luminous Networks, Adaptive Broadband, Telmax Communications, Cisco Systems, Nortel and Siemens.
About VoiceCon
Now in its 18th year, VoiceCon is the leading conference and exhibition for enterprise IP Telephony, Converged Networks and Unified Communications in North America. VoiceCon brings enterprise decision makers together with the industry's vendors, analysts and consultants to focus on the issues central to enterprise networks and communications. For more information, visit www.voicecon.com.
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 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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