| San Francisco, California January 30, 2007: With | | | | Built on newer chip technology and advanced |
| internet traffic increasing at unprecedented rates, | | | | processors, Foundry’s XMR series edge |
| service providers are ramping up their networks | | | | routers answered the demand for a comparable |
| to support the bandwidth intensive applications of | | | | router that is almost 1/5th of the price. Released |
| the ever-growing web. According to a recent | | | | in 2006, the MXR 3200 and MLX-32 MPLS enabled |
| Dell’Oro report, the worldwide market for | | | | routers were developed tooffer the highest |
| service provider routers is projected to approach | | | | 10GbE and GbE density and provide up to two |
| $9 billion by 2011. Targeted at Internet service | | | | billion packets per second (Bpps) of IP/MPLS |
| providers (ISPs), cable network operators, as well | | | | routing in a 128-port system. These |
| as triple and quadruple play operators, Foundry | | | | improvements targeted the Triple and Quadruple |
| Networks has made a power play for the metro | | | | play service providers who host bandwidth |
| network space with the NetIron MLX routers. | | | | intensive applications, such as video on-demand, |
| Based on the flagship XMR series router, the MLX | | | | broadcast television, and large scale Voice over IP |
| offers the highest 10GbE and GbE density | | | | (VoIP). |
| available to address current and forthcoming | | | | Just this month, semiconductor developer |
| service provider capacity requirements. With | | | | Cadence Design Systems announced they would |
| Foundry’s compelling price of only $600 | | | | be integrating the NetIron MLX as part of their |
| Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) port, industry leader Cisco | | | | new centralized data center network. With a price |
| Systems is starting to take notice. | | | | performance level that rivals any router on the |
| After more than four years in development, the | | | | market, Foundry has raised the stakes in the |
| Carrier Routing System, or CRS-1 was released | | | | competitive 10Gbe market. Rival Cisco has |
| by Cisco in 2004 at a development cost of | | | | already started to position itself as a provider of |
| $500M. However due to changes in the IOS | | | | a broad range of management solutions targeted |
| (Internetwork Operating System) and cost of | | | | towards the coveted triple-play sector. The |
| almost $450,000 upon release, it only offered a | | | | release and initial positive market response to the |
| rare glimpse of light for competition in the metro | | | | MLX series will likely prove a challenge to |
| network space. Not surprisingly, competitors | | | | Cisco’s previously uncontested dominance. |
| Foundry and Juniper quickly jumped into the ring. | | | | |