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To: DownSouth who wrote (741)	3/8/1999 1:13:00 PM
From: Beltropolis Boy	Respond to of 10934

ds. thanks for taking the time to post the finer points on NTAP-oracle. here's the latest press release. ----- Network Appliance and FoundryNetworks Announce Interoperability Partnership March 8, 1999 07:45 AM SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 1999-- Joint Development, Sales and Marketing Efforts to Strengthen Leading Transparent Caching Solution to Enterprises and ISPs Foundry Networks(TM), the leading provider of award-winning Gigabit Ethernet switching, routing and server load balancing solutions, and Network Appliance, Inc. (NTAP), the leading provider of dedicated data-access appliances and storage servers, today announced interoperability of the Foundry Network(TM) ServerIron(TM) Layer 4 switch and the Network Appliance(TM) NetCache(TM) appliance, along with a partnership that includes joint development, sales, and marketing. The companies are working together to develop open standards that ease administration and ensure multi-vendor interoperability. Additionally, Network Appliance (NetApp) and Foundry will implement sales and marketing programs designed to provide enterprises and ISPs with a transparent caching solution that delivers the industry's leading price, performance and functionality. Foundry's ServerIron server load balancing and transparent caching switch and the NetApp(R) NetCache network cache appliance work together to improve end-user response time and reduce WAN costs. The NetCache appliance places a copy of commonly accessed web pages and objects closer to the requesting user by caching them in the appliance. Foundry's ServerIron switch is deployed as a front end to the web cache and redirects web traffic. The ServerIron transparently intercepts these packets and switches them to a configured NetCache while sending non-web traffic direct through the switch onto the router/gateway to the Internet. This combined solution eliminates the need to reconfigure each browser and removes the router bottleneck. "We've installed Foundry's ServerIron switch and Network Appliance's NetCache in our data center and have seen significant performance improvements and cost savings. Another big benefit is ease of use and installation. With the Foundry/NetApp solution there is no need to change each users' browser, so the solution was installed and being utilized very quickly," said Todd Blank, director of operations for Columbus Network Access Point, Inc. and eNET, Inc. "We are very happy to partner with Foundry in developing open standards and joint sales and marketing to help further the relationship between Layer 4 switches and cache servers. Foundry's ServerIron enables Network Appliance to offer our enterprise and ISP customers a transparent caching solution that excels in terms of price, performance and switch port density," said Brian Wink, NetCache network deployment architect of Network Appliance. "NetApp has a proven record of building mission critical network solutions for thousands of ISPs and corporations worldwide. Foundry is very excited to be partnering with such a company to offer customers the leading caching solution," said Bobby Johnson, President and CEO, Foundry Networks. About Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of Gigabit Ethernet switches, routers and server load balancers. The company manufactures, markets and distributes high performance switching and routing solutions for enterprises and ISPs. Foundry has won 12 prestigious corporate and product awards including: Network Magazine's Gigabit Ethernet Product of the Year, Business Communications Review's Best-in-Test, Best of LAN Times, Network Computing's Editor's Choice and Flying Colors Award, Data Communications' Tester's Choice and Top 25 Hot Start-Ups, Computerworld's Top 100 Emerging Companies, Upside Magazine's 100 Honorable Mention and Network World's Top 75 Executives. Foundry products have also been tested by Mier Communications and The Tolly Group. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBO.LAN or visit our web site at foundrynet.com.