Innovation
Foundry has built a reputation for innovating high-performance networking solutions that address the needs and requirements of today and tomorrow's network infrastructures. Our comprehensive suite of products and support services can help you build a robust, scalable and highly-available network infrastructure for the expanding and evolving needs of your business. Our products incorporate the latest in switch design, advanced network processor technology, rich feature sets, network-wide security, scalable architectures, and award winning customer support to deliver network solutions that are cost effective, secure, and convergence ready.
| Innovation | Year | Product |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Two Billion Packet per Second Switch & Router Families | 2007 | BigIron RX, NetIron XMR & MLX |
| 1st Multi-Terabit Single Chassis MPLS/Internet Core Router | 2006 | NetIron XMR |
| 1st 10 Gigabit Wire-speed DoS Protection | 2005 | ServerIron |
| 1st Security LAN Switch and Security Traffic Manager | 2005 | SecureIron |
| 1st Billion Packet per Second Switch and Router Family | 2005 | BigIron RX |
| 1st 64 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet Wire-speed Switch | 2005 | BigIron RX |
| 1st Compact Modular 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch | 2005 | FastIron SuperX |
| 1st 10 Gigabit Ethernet Edge Switch | 2005 | FastIron Edge X-Series |
| 1st Modular 10 Gigabit Ethernet Application Switch | 2004 | ServerIron |
| 1st Terabit Architecture - Mucho Grande | 2003 | BigIron MG8 / NetIron 40G |
| 1st 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch and Router | 2001 | BigIron / NetIron |
| 1st Complete MPLS - TE & DM | 2001 | BigIron / NetIron |
| 1st Ethernet over SONET/SDH | 2000 | Global Ethernet |
| 1st 1000 Base T (1000Tx) Switch | 2000 | FastIron GoC |
| 1st 10 Gigabit Ethernet Ready Chassis Family | 1999 | BigIron |
| 1st Shipping Layer 4-7 Switch | 1998 | ServerIron |
| 1st Gigabit Ethernet Switch | 1997 | FastIron |
| 1st Layer 3 Switch | 1997 | NetIron |