Press Release

Interoperability Between Network Attached Processing Solution and Gigabit Ethernet Switches Provides Proven Path to High Performance

MOUNTAIN VIEW, California – November 1, 2005 – Azul Systems®, Inc., the pioneer of the industry’s first network attached processing solution designed to unbound compute resources for Java™ and J2EE™ based application platforms, and Foundry Networks®, Inc. ( Nasdaq: FDRY), a performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching, routing and web traffic management solutions, today announced verification of interoperability between the Azul® Compute Appliance and Foundry Networks’ EdgeIron Layer 2 10-GbE switches for large enterprises and service providers.

As a mission-critical infrastructure for today's organizations, the network has become a complex extension of business operations that must adapt to rapid growth, data-intensive applications, security threats and new technologies that push the network to its limits. The combination of Foundry Networks’ switching technology and Azul’s compute pool technology offers customers a cost-effective path for building a massively-scalable Java-based application infrastructure on top of a robust, scalable and highly-available network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance, maximum adaptability and maximum ROI.

“To achieve the greatest benefit from network attached processing, Azul compute appliances must run on a high-quality, high-performance infrastructure,” said Shahin Khan, vice president and chief marketing officer at Azul Systems. “Foundry Networks’ industry-leading Gigabit Ethernet switches enable the Azul solution to operate at optimal performance levels with the highest degree of reliability.” Interoperability has been verified between the Azul Compute Appliance and the EdgeIron 24GS, EdgeIron 48GS and EdgeIron 8X10G.

“As organizations build out their next-generation data centers, including those designed for utility computing and service-oriented architectures, they want total confidence in the interoperability and high performance of all the critical components,” said Mark Danckert, director of alliances, at Foundry Networks. “By certifying interoperability between Azul Systems and Foundry Networks, we have provided customers with a proven path to availability, performance and cooperative customer support.”

About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) is a leading provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing 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, access routers and metro routers. Foundry's 8,500 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.foundrynetworks.com.

About Azul Systems
Azul Systems® has pioneered the industry’s first network attached processing solution, designed to unbound compute resources for virtual machine based applications. Without any application level modifications, binary compatibility requirements or operating system dependencies, this fundamentally new approach eliminates the need to capacity plan at the application level and dramatically lowers the cost and complexity associated with the traditional delivery of computing resources. More information on Azul Systems can be found at www.azulsystems.com.

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