Verio to Deploy Foundry Gear

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Foundry Networks®, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY),a leader in high-performance, end-to-end switching and routing solutions,announced today that Verio Inc., the world's largest Web hosting company anda leading provider of e-business solutions, has chosen Foundry as one of itsprimary providers of high-speed networking technology. Foundry'shigh-performance NetIron® Internet routers and BigIron® Gigabit Ethernetswitching products have been utilized by Verio for use in its Web hostingfacilities and backbone aggregation points of presence (POPs).

"We found that the routing and switching performance of Foundry's gear metour critical Web hosting needs in allowing us to ensure our customers thehighest degree of reliability and accessibility," said Chris DeMarche, chieftechnology officer for Verio. "In addition, the flexibility to quickly addcustomer features and respond to our needs made the decision to chooseFoundry equipment for our new hosting facilities an easy one."

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