Foundry Networks has recently won "Outstanding Innovation Award in Wide Area Networks"

The Network Middle East Innovation awards emphasized innovation and the creative spirit.

The award was presented to Foundry Networks in a Gala Ceremony held recently in Dubai.

Foundry's NetIron Product won the award in this category.

Commenting on the award Farook Majeed, Foundry Middle East Regional Director said. "Foundry is honored to receive this award which recognizes the innovations and advancements designed into our product"

"The Network Middle East Innovation awards emphasise innovation and reward the creative spirit" said Walid Akawi, Managing Director ITP Business

"Foundry Networks won the award for Oustanding Innovation in Wide Area Networks for its NetIron service provider product portfolio dramatically reduces the cost of infrastructure for the delivery of the new generation of broadband Internet access and virtual private network (VPN) services while preserving investments in existing SONET/SDH optical systems. said Simon Duddy, Editor Network Middle East.

"Ethernet, VPNs and converged IP network services are the growth services of the future. Service providers must ready their networks to deliver these services or risk losing this profitable business to alternative providers," said Farook Majeed

The NetIron IMR™ 640 is a carrier-class provider edge and core router that provides a highly scalable solution for the delivery of broadband IP, Ethernet and MPLS services at one-tenth the cost of alternative platforms".Featuring a low-latency, non-blocking distributed switch architecture, wire-speed multi-service network processors and granular traffic management controls, the NetIron IMR 640 delivers the performance, service richness and quality of service that will benefit a wide range of network operators including Metro and regional service providers, Internet service providers, large enterprises, universities and government organizations. The NetIron IMR 640 is a versatile platform that supports a number of applications including: provider core label switch routing where 10-Gigabit Ethernet offers a cost-effective alternative to OC-192c/STM-64 Packet over SONET/SDH (POS), provider edge label switch routing for MPLS VPN service creation and aggregation, dual stack IPv4/IPv6 routing for routed IP services and Ethernet switching for Metro and regional Layer 2 networks. The NetIron IMR 640 supports its full suite of wire-speed IP and VPN services in all of these application scenarios.