SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LAS VEGAS, April 24, 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 continuing its networking leadership at Interop Las Vegas 2008, April 27 to May 2. Foundry's(tm) networking experts will join Interop education sessions to discuss trends and strategies in enterprise networking. In addition to these speaking engagements, Foundry will also be demonstrating an advanced unified communications (UC) solution with fellow industry leaders as well as exhibiting networking solutions for data centers, converged communications, and enterprises at booth 1319 in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center exhibit hall.
Session: "Next Generation Data Centers: The Vision, the Value and Getting There" Speaker: Ahmed Abdelhalim, director of product management Time and Date: 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 29 Location: Mandalay Bay Lagoon D Session: "IP Video Security Adoption Strategies for IT Professionals" Speaker: Val Oliva, director of product strategy and Ethernet Alliance president Time and Date: 3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. PDT, Tuesday, April 29 Location: Mandalay Bay Lagoon F Session: "Reduce Deployment and Operational Costs When Securing Endpoint Resources Using NAP Interoperability" Speaker: Franchesca Walker, director of enterprise solutions Time and Date: 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. PDT, Thursday, May 1 Location: Mandalay Bay L Session: "Bridging the Gap Between SOA Applications and the Network" Speaker: Ezra Yosef, director of business development Time and Date: 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. PDT, Thursday, May 1 Location: Mandalay Bay L
In addition, Foundry will demonstrate a complete UC solution developed with alliance partners Microsoft, Mitel and Sun Microsystems. A Foundry BigIron(r) RX backbone Layer 2/3 switch, ServerIron(r) application delivery switch, and compact FastIron(r) Power over Ethernet (PoE) Layer 2/3 switch will connect to Sun Microsystems' Sun Ray virtual display client powered by Mitel's Communications Suite, Microsoft's Office Communications Server 2007 and Network Access Protection (NAP) technology. The demonstration will allow visitors to understand how a best-of-breed UC solution can work seamlessly to deliver business-critical performance and value.
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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.