Foundry Networks
Brocade gets loan to fund Foundry buyout
Oct. 08, 2008
Brocade Communications Systems on Tuesday secured a $1.1 billion loan to fund its acquisition of Foundry Networks despite a tightening of credit markets amid the Wall Street meltdown.
Advanced switching grabs Interop New York spotlight
Sep. 15, 2008
Switching will take center stage at this week's Interop New York conference, where vendors such as Foundry Networks, Enterasys Networks and Force 10 Networks will roll out new and enhanced products in defiance of a ...
Foundry airs Gigabit Ethernet workgroup switches
Sep. 15, 2008
Foundry Networks this week at Interop New York is unveiling a switching line for small and midsize businesses, branch offices and distributed enterprise workgroups, plus stackables and stacking upgrades for existing ...
Foundry supports Microsoft Hyper-V
Sep. 08, 2008
Foundry Networks this week announced support for Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization software.
Foundry supports Microsoft Hyper-V
Combined Foundry/Microsoft package will compete more directly ...
Foundry unveils line of Carrier Ethernet switches
Aug. 26, 2008
Foundry Networks this week unleashed a series of Carrier Ethernet edge/aggregation switches designed to scale Ethernet services while reducing the burden on MPLS routers.
IBM Tivoli manager supports Foundry
Aug. 13, 2008
Foundry Networks this week unveiled out-of-the-box integration with IBM Tivoli Netcool software for its switching and routing customers.
Smart move: Brocade buys Foundry
Jul. 29, 2008
Brocade's recent acquisition of Foundry Networks for $3 billion should raise the market's interest in Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE).
Moving to that dee-luxe studio in the sky
Jul. 25, 2008
Jason and Keith talk about the DNS attack code unleashed on the Internet, the Brocade-Foundry deal and celebrate the last recording from the Twisted Lair studio.
Brocade: Gunning for Cisco
Jul. 24, 2008
Ian Whiting, Vice President and General Manager, Data Center Infrastructure at Brocade, talks about taking on Cisco in the data center in the wake of Brocade's $3B purchase of Foundry Networks
Reactions to Brocade-Foundry deal
Jul. 24, 2008
As the impact of the news this week that Brocade Communications Systems will be acquiring Foundry Networks sank in, it drew a wide range of reactions - even just at Network World.
Brocade-Foundry deal can't hide majors' dominance
Jul. 22, 2008
So Brocade's agreement to buy Foundry Networks is "a move that could challenge Cisco's dominance in the network equipment market" (San Jose Mercury News), packs the "potential of making Brocade a stronger competitor ...
Brocade acquires Foundry; Implicit Networks lawsuit
Jul. 22, 2008
Storage networking company Brocade Communications has agreed to acquire enterprise local-area-network vendor Foundry Networks for approximately $3 billion, the companies announced yesterday; IBM, Oracle, SAP and Adobe ...
Brocade's Foundry buy will boost Fibre Channel over Ethernet market
Jul. 22, 2008
Brocade's purchase of Foundry will help it penetrate the Fibre Channel over Ethernet market.
Watch out Cisco: Here comes Brocade/Foundry
Jul. 22, 2008
Brocade's proposed $3 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks this week would create a stronger data center competitor to Cisco while raising the stakes even higher for other Ethernet switch companies.
Foundry finds a buyer in Brocade
Jul. 22, 2008
I've followed Foundry Networks since its Gigabit Ethernet beginnings, in 1996. I visited its offices during the '90s boom years, when it was growing quickly along with the rest of the tech industry. I've seen it weather ...
Brocade to buy Foundry for $3 billion
Jul. 21, 2008
Storage networking company Brocade Communications Systems has agreed to acquire enterprise LAN vendor Foundry Networks for approximately $3 billion, the companies announced Monday.
Foundry, Extreme weigh in on Carrier Ethernet
Jun. 18, 2008
Count Foundry Networks and Extreme Networks among those marking progress on Carrier Ethernet initiatives at this week's NXTcomm conference.
Foundry: Strong trends from North American service provider sales | NetworkWorld.com ...
Jul. 29, 2008
According to RBC Capital Markets, book to bill at the end of Foundry's 2nd quarter was greater than 1.0 with strong trends from North American service provider sales.
RBC Capital Markets Managing Director - Mark Sue ...
Study: Power drawn by Ethernet switches varies widely
May. 15, 2008
A recent study by In-Stat says that fixed-configuration 24- and 48-port switches can vary by more than 600% in terms of how much switching capacity they support in relation to how much electric power they draw.
Virtualization in Interop spotlight
Apr. 28, 2008
With a focus on building virtualization into advanced data centers, the network industry will convene at its largest trade show this week in Las Vegas.
Foundry expands switch family with PoE Plus, IPv6
Apr. 25, 2008
Foundry Networks this week extended its switch line to boost support for network growth, video and other high-power devices, as well as migration to IPv6.
Foundry expands switch line for IPv6
Apr. 24, 2008
Foundry Networks this week introduced a series of routing switches with an emphasis on support for IPv6, the next generation of the Internet's routing protocol.
The Inside Track on 10GBE Access Switch Testing
Mar. 24, 2008
Network World Lab Alliance member David Newman talks aobut his recent compartive test of 10GBE access switches
Features abound in latest and greatest access switch models
Mar. 24, 2008
While this test's key takeaway may be the big differences in new features, the good news is that, with a very few exceptions, all switches support the same basic L2/L3 functions
Alcatel-Lucent wins green bragging rights in switch test
Mar. 24, 2008
With electric bills in large data centers topping $1 million per month, power consumption is a major concern. Using Fluke 322 and Fluke 335 clamp meters, we measured each switch's power draw, both when idle and again ...
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Foundry profile
Overview
2005 NW200 rank: 95
2004 NW200 rank: 92
Revenue
| Total '05 revenue (in $M) |
|
404 |
| '04-'05 revenue change |
|
-1% |
| '01-'05 CAGR revenue |
|
7% |
Profit
| Profit or loss (in $M) |
|
56 |
| Change from '04 |
|
17 |
| As percentage of revenue 14 |
|
14 |
| CAGR, '01-'05 |
|
110 |
Employees
| Number of employees |
|
732 |
| '04 - '05 change |
|
11
|
| Revenue per employee |
|
551776 |
Misc.
| Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M) |
|
2430 |
| Cash/investments ($M) |
|
|
| Year inc. |
|
1996 |
| Fiscal year ends |
|
Dec |
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