ATLANTA -- Foundry Networks(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:FDRY), Spirent Communications and Picolight Inc. joined 15 industry-leading network vendors in the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Alliance booth at NetWorld+Interop last week in a live network demonstration that supports the draft IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) standard. The Picolight Accelar(TM) 10 GbE optical modules interconnected Foundry's BigIron(R) Layer 3 switches, which have 10 GBASE-LR and SR line cards, to a Spirent SmartBits(R) 10 GbE network performance analysis system. This was a milestone demonstration that highlights the readiness of 10 GbE deployment, while proving the viability of extending Ethernet connectivity from the LAN all the way into metro and WAN. Picolight Inc. Foundry Networks Inc. Spirent Communications