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Foundry takes Gigabit Ethernet to next level
News Foundry Networks will race up the LAN price/performance curve next week when it introduces a new suite of Gigabit Ethernet switches that work with standard Category 5 copper wire. Many places already have the wiring in place," said Foundry user...
[August 19, 1999, 12:16]
Foundry rolls out IPv6 router and switch support
News Networking equipment vendor Foundry has added IPv6 support to its NetIron 40G router and its BigIron MG8 switch, and is now ready to ship this updated hardware to market in Europe. Some of our domestic and international customers have made IPv6 a...
[June 4, 2004, 18:00]
Foundry hammers security into switches
News Foundry Networks has become the latest LAN equipment vendor to build security into its switching portfolio. Foundry has released four new hardware and software products, all aimed at building firewall and denial-of-service protection into the network.
[October 25, 2006, 10:50]
Foundry and London Internet Exchange: Powering the Internet at 10 Gig Speeds
White Papers On the basis of its positive experience with Foundry, LINX chose the elite BigIron RX. The London Internet Exchange (LINX), one of the largest Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in the world, offers cost-effective Internet peering to content delivery...
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
Foundry Helps EEC Deploy Internal and External Network
White Papers Microsoft's Enterprise Engineering Center selected Foundry Networks NetIron MLX-16 router for its core, as well as two NetIron MLX-4 routers in other labs to allow for VPLS across a 10 Gigabit connection.
[September 12, 2008, 1:01]
RTL Online Manages Growth Surge and Traffic Storms With Foundry Networks
White Papers After searching for a high-performance, scalable solution, the Dortmund-based software and systems house Comco AG delivered and installed two high-performance ServerIron load balancers from Foundry Networks.
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
Brocade to buy Foundry Networks
News Brocade has announced plans to acquire Foundry Networks, in a deal valued at approximately $3bn (£1.5bn). Under the agreement, Brocade will pay a combination of $18.50 of cash plus 0.0907 shares of Brocade common stock in exchange for each share of...
[July 22, 2008, 8:52]
Japanese companies may form a super-foundry
News Hitachi, Toshiba and Renesas are considering establishing a communal chip foundry to which each could outsource its semiconductor manufacturing activities, the companies said on Wednesday. In a brief statement, the companies said they "initiated a...
[December 29, 2005, 9:55]
Enterasys sues rivals for patent violation
News Enterprise LAN vendor Enterasys has filed a patent suit against rivals Extreme Networks and Foundry Networks, which one analyst sees as a sign of desperation by a company experiencing poor results. Enterasys claims Foundry Networks and Extreme...
[June 27, 2005, 13:40]
Power on Ethernet gives networks a voice
News Foundry Networks will deliver Power on Ethernet versions of all its LAN switches, making voice services on the LAN more reliable. PoE products from other vendors tend to implement it as a separate module," said Foundry spokesman Adam Stein.
[March 11, 2003, 13:50]
Intel, AMD spar over patent-licensing dispute
News AMD announced on Monday that Intel plans to pull its 2001 cross-licensing patent agreement in the next 60 days, unless concerns surrounding AMD's joint-venture chip foundry are addressed. The joint-chip foundry, Globalfoundries, calls for the...
[March 17, 2009, 7:22]
Samsung to share IBM's chips
News Samsung said on Friday that it has simultaneously licensed Big Blue's chipmaking technology, signed on to use IBM Microelectronics' chip foundry service, and joined an IBM-backed partnership focused on future chip-manufacturing processes.
[March 8, 2004, 9:30]
US Report: FTC gives OK to Digital/Intel chip deal
News He added that Digital was not in any other discussion regarding an Alpha foundry. Harry Copperman, an executive vice president at Digital, said as recently as late last month that the company was seeking a third Alpha foundry.
[April 24, 1998, 9:59]
Much-hyped start-up hangs out sale sign
News The sources confirmed that both Cisco Systems and Foundry Networks have emerged as potential acquirers. Foundry did not return calls by press time. So why would Foundry and Cisco be interested in Procket?
[June 14, 2004, 11:40]
HP slashes port cost, stays in wiring closet
News Although the new products extend its Procurve wiring closet range higher, the company is still sticking with Foundry for its high-end core switches. Despite the increase in performance, HP does not intend to take its switches out of the (wiring...
[April 23, 2002, 14:42]
LAN security firm pushes into UK
News Nevis' UK operations are led by Matthew Nunnery, who launched Foundry Networks — now a rival to Nevis — in the UK 10 years ago. Last week, number-two vendor Foundry Networks said it had built security into its switches.
[November 2, 2006, 15:12]
Transmeta investigating Taiwan foundries
News Among them is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the largest of the independent semiconductor foundries-for-hire, and United Microelectronics (UMC), another major foundry. A deal with TSMC or a similar foundry could help Transmeta...
[August 8, 2000, 10:00]
New MAN Drives Costs Down and Services Up
White Papers APTG implemented a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) across its existing IP network by installing NetIron Metro routers from Foundry Networks. The feature set of Foundry Network's family of metro routers is...
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
TSMC discloses chip 'espionage' evidence
News TSMC invented the foundry business, which is the business of making chips for companies that don't want to build their own factories. The world's fifth largest foundry also asked for allegations to be dismissed on the grounds that US courts do not...
[March 25, 2004, 11:27]
IBM to produce Nvidia chips
News That changes its manufacturing situation pretty significantly, as when dealing with more than one foundry, you have the ability to start partitioning your manufacturing. When looking for an additional foundry, Nvidia also sought out technology that...
[March 26, 2003, 7:39]
