JULY 29, 2008 -- Fibertech Networks (search for Fibertech Networks) has deployed Foundry Networks's (search for Foundry Networks) NetIron XMR MPLS multi-service backbone routers to power its wide area, next-generation metro network and the FastIron family of Layer 2/3 switches for network access layer requirements.
Fibertech says it turned to Foundry to provide inter-metro backbone routing and edge switching that would meet Fibertech's technical requirements, while allowing the service provider to meet the demanding and evolving service needs of its client base.
Founded in 2000, Fibertech has one of the largest, independently owned metro-area fiber-optic footprints, with core networks throughout more than 21 metro areas across 10 states, stretching from Indiana to New Hampshire. The company says it has experienced traffic growth that not only involves pure numerical bandwidth increases but is also increasingly complex and varied.
"As a premier metropolitan service provider, Fibertech absolutely requires the highest performance, reliability, scalability, and flexibility when it comes to selecting the ideal infrastructure and networking solutions for our network," explains Earl Ipsaro, vice president of engineering for Fibertech. "Foundry delivered us backbone routers and edge switches that exceeded our intensive requirements at a compelling price for performance value and dramatically lower total cost of ownership."
Foundry says the NetIron XMR multi-service backbone routers offer 10-Gigabit Ethernet (10-GbE) density, Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) capability, flexibility, and manageability, allowing Fibertech to provide scalability in terms of network growth and additional value-add services to customers. To complement the NetIron XMR routers, Fibertech installed the FastIron Edge, Edge X and LS families of high-performance Layer 2/3 switches at the network edge. According to Foundry representatives, the FastIron series of switches offer Fibertech a complimentary high-performance option for its customer premises equipment (CPE) needs through hardware redundancy, an advanced feature set, and wire-speed 10-GbE density.
"Fibertech Networks' selection of Foundry's backbone routers and switches validates the importance of providing networking solutions with the features, scalability, and performance for customer needs today and in the future," notes Ken Cheng, vice president and general manager for Foundry's High-End and Service Provider Systems Business Unit.
"Foundry's highly efficient NetIron routers have the greatest density in the industry, while providing next-generation features and services for metro service provider leaders like Fibertech," he continues. "As its customers request next-generation capabilities for growing and increasingly varied traffic, it will be well-prepared to continue providing high-quality network performance."
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