SANTA CLARA, Calif. and NORWALK, Conn., March 19, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced its FastIron(r) SuperX(tm) family of Power over Ethernet (PoE)- and 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE)-ready Layer 2/3 switches won the 2007 Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation's (TMC(r)) Unified Communications(r) magazine. This prestigious honor joins a long list of accolades Foundry(tm) has received for its technological leadership and industry-leading products throughout its more than decade-long commitment to scalable, reliable, innovative and proven networking solutions.
In determining award recipients, Unified Communications editors selected the companies, which in their view, demonstrated the vision, leadership and attention to detail that are the hallmarks of the prestigious Product of the Year award winners. Companies earning this distinction have demonstrated a commitment to quality, and a dedication to further the development and growth of the unified communications marketplace through their innovative contributions.
"Unified Communications is pleased to give Foundry's FastIron SuperX family of switches a 2007 Product of the Year Award," said Rich Tehrani, TMC president and editor-in-chief of Unified Communications magazine. "With the FastIron SuperX family, it continues its commitment to creating solutions for the unified communications marketplace through comprehensive excellence and quality. We are proud to recognize Foundry's leadership and accomplishments and look forward to further innovation from the company going forward."
The FastIron SuperX is a family of modular wire-speed switches designed for high-performance PoE 10/100/1000 Mbps environments, providing a scalable and cost-effective solution for unified and converged communications applications and services. Featuring full switching and routing capabilities and supporting up to 36 10GbE ports or 384 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ports, the FastIron SuperX family is a flexible solution that works well in both network edge and backbone applications.
"We are pleased that the industry-leading FastIron SuperX family has received the Unified Communications 2007 Product of the Year Award," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager for Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "As enterprises continue to deploy 10 gigabit Ethernet and unified networks with voice, video and data over IP, the FastIron SuperX family provides a flexible, proven, scalable and cost-effective solution that can meet the evolving demands of next-generation enterprises."
A full list of Product of the Year winners will be published in the March 2008 issue of Unified Communications magazine, www.uc-mag.com.
About Unified Communications Magazine
New in July 2007, Unified Communications magazine is devoted to educating enterprise decision makers on why and how they need to deploy unified communications (UC) solutions. Every issue of Unified Communications magazine features a comprehensive news section; case studies of successful deployments and lessons learned; interviews with leading hardware and software companies; and an 'industry' section, featuring analysis of important mergers and acquisition, partnerships and a Wall Street perspective on the unified communications market. Unified Communications has a subscriber base of 41,509.
About TMC
Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) is an integrated global media company helping our clients build communities in print, online and in-person. TMC publishes Customer Interaction Solutions, INTERNET TELEPHONY, Unified Communications, and IMS Magazine. TMCnet, TMC's Web site, is the leading source of news and articles for the communications and technology industries. According to Quantcast, TMCnet reaches nearly one million U.S. unique visitors each month. TMCnet serves as many as three million unique visitors globally each month according to Webtrends. TMC is also the first publisher to test new products in its own on-site laboratories, TMC Labs. In addition, TMC produces INTERNET TELEPHONY Conference & EXPO, and Call Center 2.0 Conference. (*alexa.com is an amazon.com company that ranks Web sites by their traffic levels. Neither alexa.com nor amazon.com is affiliated with TMCnet.) For more information about TMC, visit www.tmcnet.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, 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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