Foundry Networks and Milan Internet Exchange Partner to Provide the Largest Internet Exchange Point in Italy.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2000 Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY) a leader in high-performance, end-to-end switching and routing solutions, announced today that Milan Internet Exchange (MIX) has chosen Foundry's Gigabit Ethernet solution for its core network in Milan, Italy. MIX, who provides physical interconnection for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to exchange Internet traffic through peering agreements, handles over 500 Mbps of aggregated bandwidth during peak traffic. Roughly 60 operators are currently connected and there are more than 20 additional peering requests pending across the country and abroad. To manage this traffic, MIX has installed at its site in Milan a series of Foundry's BigIron(R) 8000 high-performance Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet switches. Delivering up to 120 Gigabit Ethernet ports and 178,000,000 packets per second (pps) non-blocking performance, Foundry's BigIron Layer 3 switches are 10 Gigabit capable so that as Internet traffic increases, with the introduction of Broadband access, MIX can provide the necessary scalability to meet future demands. Internet traffic is exploding throughout Italy and the Foundry Layer 3 Gigabit Ethernet solution, with its wire-speed performance and non-blocking architecture, allows this traffic flow to be managed optimally. Delivering up to 256 Gbps of switching capacity, Foundry's BigIron 8000 8-slot modular chassis dramatically reduces performance bottlenecks with wire-speed IP routing. Foundry's Internet routers and Layer 3 switches are aimed specifically at satisfying the exploding bandwidth requirements encountered by growth-oriented infrastructure operators such as MIX. "Our company, born from an informal grouping, is now fully structured and re-engineered. We foresee huge growth at an aggressive rate given the demand for Internet services. Thus, we need to work with network technology leaders who can guarantee the supply of the best technology and support we require," said Joy Marino, Chairman of the Board of MIX. "We evaluated a variety of proposals and chose Foundry as we believe that it is the best solution to ensure a smooth future growth." "We are happy to be chosen yet again as the high-performance network infrastructure solutions supplier. To be the company that can meet the demanding needs of an organization, like MIX, is a challenge we are always prepared for," said Bobby Johnson, president & 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 Foundry Networks. "Through this agreement, Foundry has helped to achieve another milestone in the expansion of advanced Internet services for users across Europe." About MIX srl Founded in 1996, MIX has become a structured wholly-owned company since January 2000. Made up of 28 members, MIX's objective is to promote Internet use in Italy by encouraging co-operation, communication and physical interconnection for Internet Service Providers to exchange Internet traffic thought co-operative peering agreements. Membership of MIX is open to all ISPs who qualify for membership under the Memorandum of Understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. . For more information on the company and its services, visit the website at: http://www.mix-it.net. 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 3 switches and Layer 4-7 Internet traffic and content management switches. Foundry products are installed in the world's largest ISPs, 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 and Cable & Wireless (NYSE:CWP CWP Coal workers' pneumoconiosis, see there ). Foundry products are also installed in large enterprise, entertainment, pharmaceutical and manufacturing companies as well as search engines, e-commerce sites, universities and government organizations. Some of these customers include: The University of Washington, The University of Miami This article is about the university in Coral Gables, Florida. For the university in Oxford, Ohio, see Miami University. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida,[2] UM,[3] or just The U , 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 our web site at www.foundrynetworks.com. Note to Editors: Foundry Networks and BigIron are registered trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. 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