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SAN JOSE, CA -- Foundry Networks(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing and Layer 4 - 7 Traffic Management solutions, announced that Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), a leader in systems and solutions that make the Net work, is utilizing Foundry's industry-leading networking solutions to enhance the network reliability, performance, and capability of Sun's new Sun ONE(tm)-based Messaging Internet Data Center (IDC) Reference Architecture. "Our Sun ONE-based Messaging IDC Reference Architecture has been tested, tuned and proven to simplify customer choice, shorten time and lower risk of messaging solution deployments. We chose Foundry's high performance, wire-speed, non-blocking Layer 3 switching and server load balancing solution as a part of our recommended modular solution, to enhance the scalability and reliability of our customers' network infrastructures," said Ravi Pendekanti, solutions marketing director, Sun Microsystems, Inc. "Foundry's products enable our customers to proactively manage network performance, distribute content intelligently and maintain high service availability. By leveraging Foundry's best-in-class solutions, our reference architecture can now support up to one million users, delivering unmatched performance, and meeting the reliability needs of our customers." Sun is utilizing Foundry's industry-leading BigIron(R) Layer 3 switches to help reduce performance bottlenecks with wire-speed IP routing, non-blocking performance with superior availability and reliability to simulate, operate and manage their Messaging IDC Reference Architecture. In addition, Sun is leveraging Foundry's ServerIron(R) Layer 4-7 Traffic Management switches to significantly enhance content delivery performance and user experience. "Enterprises and Service providers, including those organizations providing hosting and co-location facilities, are experiencing a tremendous demand for high-performance, high-bandwidth, and high-availability services," said Bobby Johnson, president and CEO of Foundry Networks. "Due to the constantly changing nature of the Internet business model, networking infrastructure solutions that worked yesterday are being stressed to their breaking point today by the introduction of new Web-based applications. Foundry's industry-leading networking solutions help customers, such as Sun, solve this problem by creating next generation networking infrastructure. By utilizing the BigIron high-performance switching and routing capacity and the ServerIron Traffic Management capabilities, customers will be able to significantly improve the reliability, performance and capability of their data center network infrastructure," continued Johnson. For more information visit www.foundrynetworks.com or www.sun.com.