Foundry Networks Uses Netcom Systems' SmartBits to Demonstrate Industry-Leading Performance of BigIron 15000 at NetWorld+Interop Tradeshow in Las Vegas May 9-11, 2000.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers NetWorld Interop 2000 CALABASAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2000 Foundry's Live Demo Shows Highest Switching Performance With 120 Gigabit Ports at 178 Million Packets Per Second (Mpps) in Booth No. 4687 Netcom Systems today announced that Foundry Networks(TM) Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a leader in high-performance end-to-end switching and routing solutions, has chosen Netcom's SmartBits(TM) 6000 system to test Foundry's BigIron(TM) 15000 switching router in a live demonstration at NetWorld+Interop in Foundry's booth No. 4687. The BigIron 15000 is a carrier class chassis-based switching router that delivers an immense 480 Gigabits per second (Gbps) of total switching capacity and 178 Mpps of routing throughput. The BigIron 15000 can scale up to 120 Gigabit Ethernet ports, making it the highest Gigabit density switching router in the industry. Netcom Systems' SmartBits 6000 is the first advanced multiport network performance analysis system that allows users to identify weaknesses in their networks or network products through rigorous performance testing of both new and legacy networking technologies. Foundry will live-test its BigIron 15000 with six SmartBits 6000 systems, providing 120 non-blocked, full line rate, Layer 2/3 Gigabit Ethernet ports, to demonstrate approximately 178 Mpps -- the world's highest throughput in a chassis measuring under 30 inches. "We are pleased that a market leader such as Foundry has chosen our SmartBits systems to validate their product live at NetWorld+Interop," said Mark Fishburn, vice president of marketing for Netcom Systems. "Our SmartBits Gigabit Ethernet solution was first to market and continues to lead the way in full wire-rate performance analysis systems." Both Foundry Networks and Netcom Systems will be exhibiting at the NetWorld+Interop tradeshow in Las Vegas, May 9-11, 2000. Netcom Systems will be located at booth No. 5504 and Foundry at booth No. 4687. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) is a leader in high-performance end-to-end switching and routing solutions including Internet routers, Layer 2/3 switches and Layer 4-7 Internet Traffic Management switches. Foundry products are installed in the world's largest ISP's including 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). , and Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ). Foundry products are also installed in large enterprises, entertainment, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies as well as e-commerce sites, universities and government organizations. Some of these customers include the University of Washington; LucasFilm; Yahoo! (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ); LTV LTV See: Loan-to-value ratio Steel (NYSE:LTV); Incyte Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq:INCY); 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 888/TURBO-LAN or visit the company's Web site at www.foundrynetworks.com. About Netcom Systems Inc. Netcom Systems' SmartBits products are the industry's only multiport network performance analysis systems capable of generating and analyzing traffic, at full wire rate, over hundreds of ports for: 10/100/Gigabit, Gigabit Copper, Packet Over SONET A metropolitan area network (MAN) or wide area network (WAN) transport technology that carries IP packets directly over SONET transmission without any data link facility such as ATM in between. , ATM, Frame Relay, WAN, xDSL, Cable Modem, Voice Over IP, Multicast IP and TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. . SmartBits award-winning hardware and software applications are used by more than 1100 of the world's leading network equipment manufacturers, network service providers, corporate enterprises and test laboratories to measure the performance and services of networks and network devices. Netcom Systems is a SPIRENT Company. For more information on the company and its products, visit the Web site at www.netcomsystems.com or call 818/676-2300. Note to Editors: SmartBits is a trademark of Netcom Systems Inc. Foundry Networks and BigIron are trademarks of Foundry Networks Inc. |
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