SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 18, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Foundry Networks(r), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced it will participate in the seminar entitled, "Carrier Ethernet for Business" as part of the Metro Ethernet Forum (MEF) hosted session at Interop Las Vegas. The session will take place Tuesday, May 22, 2007 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. PDT in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center Ballroom J.
Service providers worldwide are migrating their existing networks to deliver Carrier Ethernet services to enterprises, businesses and residential end-users. Ahmed Abdelhalim, director of high-end and service provider systems for Foundry Networks, will discuss what these services are and how they benefit business customers. Services discussed include Ethernet Virtual Connections, Circuit Emulation Services and Switched Digital Video.
Informal networking with the presenters will follow this Metro Ethernet Forum hosted event. Attendees will be able to hear the latest status reports on increasing availability of regional, national, and international Ethernet services, plus actual case study implementations supporting mission critical business applications.
Ahmed Abdelhalim's main responsibilities at Foundry include defining the requirements for new high-end Foundry products, the evangelization of new technologies and products, as well as assisting service providers in building next generation infrastructures. As part of his role, he is responsible for driving Foundry's new flagship products like the NetIron XMR Series of backbone routers, NetIron MLX Series metro routers, and the BigIron RX Series of high performance switches.
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 10,400 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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