Foundry Networks designs, develops, manufactures and markets a comprehensive suite of high performance networking products for enterprises and Internet service providers. Our Gigabit Ethernet Layer 2, Layer 3 and Layer 4-7 switches enable our customers to build and maintain efficient, high performance networks. Layer 2 switches provide dedicated bandwidth, while Layer 3 switches route network traffic. Layer 4-7 switches, a new generation of networking devices, provide the intelligence to control information delivery. Our products provide solutions for many types of networks, including local area networks or LANs, metropolitan area networks or MANs, and wide area networks or WANs. This product breadth allows us to provide solutions throughout a customer's network, from the wiring closet edge of an enterprise LAN to the LAN core, and from the WAN edge of an Internet service provider to its network of Internet servers. By using customized semiconductors, known as application-specific integrated circuits, or ASICs, we provide switching products that offer better performance at a lower cost than traditional software-based routers. Our Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches provide the bandwidth required to support the increasing use of bandwidth-intensive and Internet-based applications. Our high performance Layer 4-7 switching products allow enterprises and Internet service providers to direct traffic flow more efficiently, based on application type and end user, while also allowing Internet service providers to offer their customers differentiated, fee-based quality of service. By providing high levels of performance and network intelligence capabilities at leading price points we provide a comprehensive solution to address the rapidly growing networking market.
Underwriters:
Lead Manager Deutsche Banc Alex. Brown
Co-Manager Merrill Lynch & Co.
Co-Manager J.P. Morgan & Co. |
