SANTA CLARA, Calif. and CARY, N.C., May 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 Fast Lane Consulting and Education Services, Inc. (Fast Lane), a leading provider of advanced information technology training, has been selected by the company as an exclusive worldwide Foundry Authorized Training Partner. Fast Lane will deliver authorized Foundry courses to resellers and end-user organizations of the company's networking products and solutions in locations that Foundry operates. These classes allow network and system administrators to better maximize the extensive capabilities, performance, and value of Foundry's industry-leading networking solutions through world-class training and certification.
The Foundry authorized curriculum focuses on the company's intelligent and advanced edge-to-core, high-performance networking solutions that include switching, routing, and application traffic management products. Fast Lane will offer the full Foundry curriculum: a three-day course on Layer 2/3 switching/routing, a two-day Layer 4-7 application delivery switching course, a three-day network management course, and a five-day advanced Layer 2/3 switching/routing course.
"We look forward to working with the Foundry team and providing their valued customers high-quality education and training," said Chuck Terrien, president, Fast Lane Americas. "As a successful leader in networking, Foundry understands the importance of customer training and education in order to provide encompassing value to organizations. This new relationship will leverage our vendor outsourced training model and existing worldwide capabilities including a greater use of local language instructors for Foundry."
The new training partnership between Fast Lane and Foundry will provide more opportunities for Foundry resellers and end-user organizations to receive training in more locations around the world via an expanded public course schedule that targets specific customer and partner needs.
"We are very pleased to have Fast Lane as a Foundry Authorized Training Partner," said Gerald Anderson, Foundry's director of Education Services. "As Foundry continues its expansion around the world, we want to ensure that our customers have access to educational resources that will help maximize the value and business-critical utilization of Foundry's networking solutions. Based on Fast Lane's proven track record, technical expertise, and worldwide reach, we felt they were an excellent fit."
For more information about the partnership or available learning offerings, please visit www.foundrynet.com/ss/training/ or www.flane.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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About Fast Lane
Fast Lane, with offices in more than 16 countries, has been providing advanced technology training and consulting since 1996. We offer multiple solutions to our customer and partners in the area of Training Delivery, Education Services and Consulting. Our instructors, located around the globe, are real world practitioners of advanced technologies and not only teach in the classroom but also regularly provide advanced technology consulting services. Fast Lane partners with important technology vendors to ensure our customers have access to the most comprehensive and effective training programs available today. We also supplement vendor-authorized training with Fast Lane-developed advanced technology courses. For more information, call 1.919.674.3100 or visit our website at www.flane.com.
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