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Foundry Announces Certification With Oracle Application Server 10g

ServerIron Application Switches Provide Additional High Availability, Security, Scalability and Disaster Recovery Features for Customers

San Jose, CA, Jan. 10, 2005 – Foundry Networks®, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and routing, today announced its ServerIron® application switches and Layer 4-7 load balancers are certified on Oracle Application Server 10g. ServerIron application switches are the highest performance load balancers in the industry and feature extensive scalability, robust security and high-availability capabilities with automatic failover to protect service availability in the event of a site or equipment failure. By deploying the ServerIron load balancers in combination with Oracle Application Server 10g, customers can benefit from optimized server utilization, enhanced server security, improved application performance and increased application availability. Foundry also announced it has joined the Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN).

ServerIron application switches deliver unmatched performance of up to 150,000 application transactions per second, and protect server farms and applications against multi-Gigabit rate Denial of Service (DoS) attacks while still supporting peak performance for legitimate application traffic. ServerIron switches are used by the most demanding enterprise, e-commerce and service provider customers including the world's largest Internet service providers and Internet portals.

"Oracle is a world leader in software solutions for information and business management. We are pleased to be able to offer Oracle customers our best-in-class solution for load balancing and protecting their application server farms," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager of the Layer 4-7 and Security Products Business Unit at Foundry Networks. "The ServerIron products deliver reliability, security and performance to customers who rely on their data center infrastructure for critical business operations around the clock."

Foundry offers a comprehensive line of Layer 4-7 load balancing, traffic management and security offerings which include the ServerIronXL entry-level system, ServerIronGT-E mid-range systems, the ServerIronSA family of web accelerators, as well as the ServerIron 450/850 family of high-end systems that feature optional 10-Gigabit Ethernet connectivity. ServerIron switches enable network managers to build and secure business-critical application infrastructure with high availability and massive scalability.

About the Oracle PartnerNetwork
The Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 13,800 companies that deliver innovative enterprise software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's Internet economy. Oracle partners are able to offer customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company.

About Foundry Networks

Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security and Web traffic management solutions, including Layer 2/3 LAN switches, Layer 3 Backbone switches, Layer 4-7 application switches, wireless LAN and access points, metro routers and core routers. Foundry's customers include the world's premier ISPs, metro service providers, and enterprises, including e-commerce sites, universities, entertainment, health and wellness, government, financial and manufacturing companies. For more information about the company and its products, call 1.888.TURBOLAN or visit www.foundrynet.com.

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