Foundry Networks Launches New Certification Program for Customers and Resellers.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 21, 2001 Unique Program Emphasizes Technical Knowledge of Foundry's Networking Products Operating at Layer 2 Through Layer 7 For Networking Professionals Responsible For Building and Supporting High-Performance End-to-End Networks Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced the Foundry Networks Certification Program (FNCP) which is the first to validate technical competency across three networking areas: Enterprise Networking, Web Switching, and Internet Routing. This certification demonstrates the knowledge and skills required to build and support high performance networks consisting of Layer 2/3 infrastructure, Layer 4-7 web switching, and service provider networks. The FNCP has been developed to meet the technical needs of networking professionals responsible for designing enterprise and service provider networks by validating in-depth knowledge of end-to-end high-performance networking solutions built around Foundry's best-of-breed products. "Telseon is a technology innovator driving the direction of metropolitan optical networking services. To keep this market leadership, our engineers work closely with customers to understand their requirements and equipment vendors to evaluate and deploy the best products for our network to deliver high value, customer-centric services," said Vipin Jain, Vice President of Systems Engineering at Telseon, a leading Metro service provider in the U.S., "The Foundry Networks Certification Program is a new resource that enables us to quickly understand and take advantage of new networking solutions to maintain a world class metro network." "We are very excited about the Foundry Networks Certification Program. By enrolling in this program, our network engineers will not only receive industry recognition, but also gain the solid networking knowledge and skills needed. Ultimately, we can provide better support to our customers," said Alex Lu, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Gentek Corporate Ltd., a major system integrators in China. Upon completion of the FNCP and the successful passing of a comprehensive online examination, networking professionals are awarded the designation of Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer (FNCNE). This is an industry-recognized accreditation on Foundry products positioning networking professionals as experts in their field as well as providing an enhanced knowledge on implementing, operating, and troubleshooting networks more effectively. "The Foundry Networks Certification Program offers our global customer base a unique program tailored to provide their engineers with the technical certification of networking products at Layer 2 through Layer 7 switching and Internet routing, which is not offered by anyone else in the industry," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of Foundry Networks. "Our program provides many benefits to candidates who enroll, including career advancement, increased credibility, validation of knowledge and skills, and a competitive advantage," continued Johnson. Availability The Foundry Networks Certified Network Engineer examination is available to all Foundry customers and resellers worldwide through Prometric Testing Centers at www.prometric.com. Test results are available immediately. Further information is available at http://www.foundrynet.com/services/FNCP/. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing including Internet routers, Layer 2/3 LAN switches, and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content delivery switches. Foundry's 3,750+ customers include the world's premier ISPs and enterprises, portals, search engines, e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, pharmaceutical, government, financial, and manufacturing companies. Some of these customers include: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol) ELNK Ethernet Link ), AT&T WorldNet, MSN (1) (MicroSoft Network) A family of Internet-based services from Microsoft, which includes a search engine, e-mail (Hotmail), instant messaging (Windows Live Messaging) and a general-purpose portal with news, information and shopping (MSN Directory). , Verio and Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ), Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ), Incyte Genomics, Inc. (Nasdaq:INCY), The University of Washington, University of Washington, University of, at Seattle; state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1861 as the Territorial Univ. of Washington, renamed 1889. There are noted schools of medicine and engineering, and the university operates laboratories for the marine Miami, LucasFilm, U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. and NIH "Not invented here." See digispeak. NIH - The United States National Institutes of Health. . For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBO.LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or visit www.foundrynetworks.com. Note to Editors: Foundry Networks is a registered trademark of Foundry Networks, Inc. |
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