SANTA CLARA, Calif. and LOS ANGELES, June 3, 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 Helio(tm) selected Foundry's(r) 10 gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) NetIron(r) MLX-16 MPLS metro routers and the FastIron(r) GS Power over Ethernet (PoE)-ready Layer 2/3 edge switches to power their rapidly growing mobile service over a nationwide high-speed 3G network.
Foundry's NetIron MLX-16 routers and FastIron GS switches deliver and manage the unique mobile multimedia content that Helio members create, consume and share. From voice, data, text messages, online video, 3D and multiplayer games, instant messaging, Web browsing, uploading/downloading and exclusive content and services, Helio depends on Foundry's switches and routers to scale and handle the diverse and bandwidth-demanding traffic on the network.
David Howard, senior director of Platform Engineering for Helio, said, "We recently built out our network to keep up with growth and Foundry's products and services met our needs. Their experienced sales and engineering teams ensured a smooth transition to Foundry's networking products."
"Helio is a leader in providing enhanced mobile communication through unique, exclusive devices and cutting-edge services," said Ken Cheng, vice president and general manager of Foundry's High-End and Service Provider Systems Business Unit. "The NetIron MLX router provides industry-leading port density and MPLS capabilities to allow Helio to provide media-rich content seamlessly and reliably to members. As an innovator in providing industry-leading services and networking hardware, Foundry offered Helio extremely feature-rich products that offered compelling performance, reliability and value when compared to competitive offerings."
Foundry's NetIron MLX Series of metro routers offer a unique combination of advanced service delivery capabilities, high-versatility, superior port density, and increased traffic capacity. The state-of-the-art Clos fabric architecture in the NetIron MLX Series offers capacity of up to 3.84 Terabits per second (Tbps). It utilizes a unified, scalable architecture with common management and interface modules for advanced wire-speed service delivery, while controlling costs.
Foundry's FastIron GS Series line of compact edge switches is a new generation of PoE switches designed for cost-effective and high-performance convergence at the network's edge. Featuring modular field upgradeability for 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE, 10GbE and redundant power in a 1.5U high form factor, the FastIron GS Series provides enterprise organizations with a flexible and reliable solution for enabling wireless LAN, Voice over IP (VoIP) and high-speed networking at the network edge.
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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