United States Army Installs Its First Gigabit Ethernet Network At Fort Carson Powered by Foundry Networks.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 17, 2000 Army's Common User Installation Transport Network (CUITN CUITN Common User Installation Transport Network ) Program Deploys Foundry's Industry-Leading Gigabit Ethernet and Internet Traffic and Content Management Solutions to Support Emerging Applications Foundry Networks(TM), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a leader in high-performance, end-to-end switching and routing solutions, announced today that they have installed Foundry's Gigabit Ethernet and Internet traffic and content management technologies for the largest deployment of Gigabit Ethernet to date under the United States Army's Common User Installation Transport Network (CUITN) program at Fort Carson, Colo. As part of the overall Installation Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP I3MP Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program ), CUITN will modernize and enhance the Army's sustaining base information technology capabilities. CUITN provides an intelligent information infrastructure to support high-speed video and data transfer and lays the groundwork for the integration of Voice-Over-IP (VOIP (Voice Over IP) A digital telephone service that uses the public Internet as well as private backbones instead of the traditional telephone network. Many companies, including Vonage, 8x8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the country for a ) at Army posts, camps and stations worldwide. Foundry's Gigabit Ethernet products are replacing the base's existing FDDI (Fiber Distributed Data Interface) Often pronounced "fiddy," it was a LAN and MAN access method that had its heyday in the mid-1990s. FDDI was an ANSI standard token passing network that transmitted 100 Mbps over optical fiber up to 10 kilometers. network. Fort Carson's infrastructure uses a three-layer hierarchical design with Main Communication Nodes (MCNs), Area Distribution Nodes (ADNs) and End-User Buildings (EUBs) respectively composed of BigIron(TM)4000 and BigIron 8000 chassis-based Layer 3 switches, ServerIron(TM) Internet traffic and content management switches, FastIron(TM)II modular Layer 2/3 switches and FastIron Workgroup Stackable switches. The FastIron II switches provide end-user connectivity, the ServerIronXL switches enable high-performance Web caching and server load balancing, and the BigIron Layer 3 switches, using OSPF (Open Shortest Path First) A routing protocol that determines the best path for routing IP traffic over a TCP/IP network based on distance between nodes and several quality parameters. , provide multiple redundant Gigabit Ethernet links to each ADN supporting several levels of fault tolerance. In order to provide highly available services, the CUITN utilized Foundry's redundant features to achieve a design that provides non-stop operation even if individual components fail. The infrastructure is designed so that there is no single point of failure anywhere in the network. Delivering up to 256 Gbps of backplane switching capacity, Foundry's BigIron 8000 8-slot chassis-based Layer 3 switches dramatically reduce performance bottlenecks and increase overall throughput with wire-speed IP routing. The Foundry switches are 10 Gigabit ready so that as network traffic increases with the introduction of broadband access, CUITN will give Fort Carson the scalability available to support future converging data, video, and Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) applications. Based on Foundry's unique IronCore(TM) architecture and IronWare(TM) Internet scale routing platform, the BigIron 8000 delivers up to 96,000,000 packets per second routing performance for reliable packet delivery even under the heaviest of Internet traffic loads. CUITN installed the Foundry BigIron 8000 based on its superiority in routing functionality, product reliability and industry-leading performance. "We are pleased to be selected by the United States Army's CUITN program to power the first installation-wide Gigabit Ethernet network being deployed at Fort Carson," said Bobby Johnson, president and 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. "This is a significant win for Foundry, highlighting our proven expertise in providing high-performance switching and routing solutions to government organizations worldwide. By meeting the CUITN's network and service requirements, Foundry is well-positioned to further extend its market presence within the government sector as a premier networking solutions provider for emerging high-bandwidth information applications such as streaming media, distance learning and unified messaging." 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 (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; 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, BigIron, FastIron, IronCore, IronWare and ServerIron are trademarks of Foundry Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the sole property of their respective holders. |
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