SANTA CLARA, Calif. and PARIS, Jan. 30, 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 the NetIron(r) MLX Series of MPLS metro routers was selected by Neo Telecoms, one of France's leading network and Internet Service Providers (ISP), to power its revamped network infrastructure to meet exponential capacity growth due to customer demand. Foundry Networks' next-generation 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) MPLS metro routers are used to efficiently transport high volumes of data and deliver advanced IP-based services to Neo Telecoms' broad customer base.
Neo Telecoms offers a wide range of carrier class services aimed at enterprise customers. One of Europe's fastest growing ISPs, the company manages a European backbone with a capacity of approximately 100 gigabits per second (Gbps) to effectively interconnect six countries. They own and operate one of the most high-performance Internet and network carrier infrastructures in production today, based on its services in IP transit, hosting and network management. Its international 100 Gbps network can deliver IP transit throughout four different countries and offer connectivity solutions between nations over private lines. At the same time, Neo Telecoms owns and manages a dark fiber network that spans more than 100 kilometers throughout Paris providing connectivity between remote sites for enterprises that require their own internal secure IP communications infrastructure.
With 40 percent annual growth and sales exceeding EUR 10 million in 2007, Neo Telecoms found itself in early 2007 facing exponential growth in data capacity demand from its business customers. Since it initially specialized in data transport, Neo Telecoms was looking to position itself as an infrastructure solutions provider and set up a next-generation, unified network capable of carrying Quality of Service (QoS) sensitive data, particularly Voice over IP (VoIP); however, its European infrastructure (previously utilizing Cisco hardware) was getting strained in terms of connectivity and scalability. Neo Telecoms therefore decided to completely revamp its network core and its metropolitan area network (MAN), thereby improving the performance, quality and scalability of its European network which connects six countries and 25 data centers.
"To meet growing demands for broadband connections, we continue to place our trust in Foundry Networks," said Didier Soucheyre, CEO for Neo Telecoms. "For many years, Foundry Networks has provided us with highly reliable and scalable network solutions with an excellent balance of performance for price. These solutions met our expectations and have enabled us to deploy network connectivity for our customers and provide our network core with a very reliable, high-performance MAN based on advanced technologies."
"Foundry has consistently focused on delivering innovative, high-performance networking solutions to meet the needs of high-growth infrastructures," said Ahmed Abdelhalim, director of product management & marketing for Foundry's High-End and Service Providers Systems Business Unit. "This new deal with one of Europe's leading ISPs, Neo Telecoms, clearly demonstrates the viability and benefits of Foundry's MPLS routing solutions and affirms our advantage as the networking vendor of choice for addressing next generation networks worldwide."
Built with Foundry's state-of-the-art, fifth-generation, network processor-based architecture and terabit-scale switch fabrics, the Foundry NetIron MLX Series routers offer network planners a rich set of high-performance MPLS and Multi-VRF capabilities as well as advanced Layer 2 switching capabilities. These sophisticated metro routers offer a wide range of capabilities that address the diverse needs of environments demanding high performance and scalability, high availability, and service flexibility.
About Neo Telecoms
Neo Telecoms is an IP specialist that offers a broad range of carrier class services for business customers. These include black fiber, xWDM and hosting and level 1 IP transit solutions. As one of the European operators showing the most vigorous growth, the company manages a European backbone with a capacity of 100 Gb/s interconnecting 6 countries, and operates a fiber-optic network in the Paris region and several hosting centers. For more information visit www.neotelecoms.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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