Systems/Enterprise:
FOUNDRY GROWS JAPAN'S NETWORKS WITH GRID
SUPPORT
Foundry Networks Inc, a leading provider of
high-performance enterprise and
service provider switching, routing and Web
traffic management solutions, and
Bussan Networks K.K, a Foundry distributor
in Japan, announced a major
capacity addition to Japan's largest Internet
exchange, WIDE (Widely
Integrated Grid Distributed Environments).
Wide, a project operating Japan's major Internet exchanges, has deployed
Foundry's 10-Gigabit Ethernet solution using Foundry's BigIron 15000 Layer 3
Backbone Switch to dramatically improve network performance and throughput for
its customers.
"Our decision to introduce a 10-Gigabit Ethernet
solution was to support
broadband contents centering around data centers,"
said Professor Jun Murai,
faculty member of Environmental Information at Keio
University and WIDE
Representative. "Foundry's 10-Gigabit Ethernet is a
solution based on IEEE
802.3ae, the industry standard, and our migration from
the existing system was
smooth requiring only additional 10-Gigabit Ethernet
modules," continued
Murai.
The WIDE Project operates a number of
Japan's major Internet exchanges
including NSPIXP-2. More than 60 major
Japanese Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) are connected to NSPIXP-2. WIDE
deployed Foundry's 10-Gigabit Ethernet
solution to improve the performance
between Internet exchange core and other
top tier one Japanese carriers.
With this latest 10-Gigabit Ethernet customer win, Foundry is further
extending its leadership position in the industry with numerous 10-Gigabit
Ethernet installations including The University Health Network in Toronto, the
London Internet Exchange (LINX), Walter Reed Hospital, Amsterdam Internet
Exchange, and The University of Southern California Information Sciences
Institute (USC-ISI).
Foundry's BigIron 15000 Layer 3 Backbone Switch
is the industry's highest
throughput communication platform that provides
highly scalable routing
performance of up to 178 Mpps per system. Its compact
design accommodates up
to fourteen 10-Gigabit Ethernet or 232 Gigabit Ethernet
ports, with a total
switching capability of 480 Gbps. The BigIron 15000 also
provides
functionality essential for Japan's Internet exchanges, including
highly
scalable OSPF and BGP4 routing as well as rich redundancy features
including
redundant management modules, hot-swappable modules and power
supplies, IEEE
802.3ad-based link-aggregation, IEEE 802.1w-based Rapid
Spanning Tree Protocol
(RSTP).
"Our standards-based 10-Gigabit
Ethernet solutions offer a very powerful and
compelling solution for the
construction of next-generation, high-performance
grid networking
infrastructures," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of
Foundry Networks.
"By choosing Foundry, WIDE joins an impressive group of
early 10-Gigabit
Ethernet technology adopters reaping the benefits of
industry-leading
performance, price and ease of use, while helping it meet
Japan's highly
demanding networking environment," continued Johnson.
About WIDE
Project
WIDE (Widely Integrated Distributed Environments) Project was
established
in 1988 by Prof. Jun Murai of Keio University with a purpose of
studying
new technology for grid distributed computing environments. Major
Japanese
corporations and universities including Keio University support WIDE.
At
present, WIDE consists of more than 20 Workgroups and operates "WIDE
Internet," an Internet Backbone, as well as Japan's largest Internet
exchange.
About Bussan Networks K.K
Bussan Networks K.K. is
Foundry Networks' Master Distributor in Japan and
is providing communication
carriers, Internet data centers, Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) and
enterprises in general with Foundry's
products. Bussan Networks has a buzzword
of "Reliability" and deploys
domestic sales, marketing and technical support
business units.
About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks Inc
is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and
service provider
switching, routing and Web traffic management solutions
including Layer 2/3
LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4 - 7 Web
switches and Metro
Routers.
Foundry's 5,000 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. Some of these customers include: AOL, EarthLink,
China Telecom,
MSN, Verio, Cable & Wireless, Yahoo!, Incyte Genomics, Inc.,
Deutsche Bank,
The University of Washington, University of Miami, Institut
National de
Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) of France, The
British
Library, U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy, NASA and the National Space
Development Agency of Japan.
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