Global Electronic Technology Selects Foundry Networks to Boost Its Secure Network Infrastructure
April 25 2006 - 7:45AM
PR Newswire (US)
LAGUNA HILLS, Calif. and SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Global Electronic Technology (GET), a
leading technology provider of payment processing solutions, today
announced it successfully completed additional network
infrastructure upgrades using solutions provided by Foundry
Networks(R), Inc. (NASDAQ:FDRY), a performance and total solutions
leader for end-to-end switching and routing. Completion of the
highly secure, Foundry-powered upgrade is part of GET's continuous
uncompromising pursuit for higher security, above-and-beyond the
standards set by the card associations. Visa recently awarded GET
with its third consecutive Cardholder Information Security Program
(CISP) membership, as well as Payment Application Best Practices
(PABP) for its payment software and gateway, Safeguard(TM). As a
true global provider of transaction processing services, Global
Electronic Technology requires a secure network infrastructure that
delivers robust performance and high availability. Foundry
Networks' FastIron(R) Edge Switch 2402 (FES2402) and ServerIronXL
application switches were selected because of their high
performance capabilities, reliability, and reduced total cost of
ownership (TCO). Foundry's solutions also allow GET to boost their
network performance, increase security network-wide, offload more
server overhead, and streamline administration of the load
balancing switches. "Our business is extremely demanding from a
network standpoint," said Steve Custer, chief information officer
for GET. "Foundry's Layer 2/3 and application switching solutions
provide GET high availability, peak performance management, and
significantly reduced infrastructure costs. Our Foundry-powered
network has successfully reduced our average time for a response by
over 20 percent, ultimately improving our customer experience while
increasing our revenue." Custer added, "We now have the ability to
efficiently load balance traffic between multiple sites across our
WAN, which provides our customers with the best service experience
possible. Operationally, it is critical for us to be able to
perform regular maintenance and emergency repairs without having
any impact on client processing, Foundry's solutions have allowed
us to do this." The FastIron(R) Edge Switch (FES) series provides
greater flexibility, higher reliability, enhanced security,
extensive redundancy, and expanded resiliency while simplifying
network management complexity and reducing on-going training
expenses. The FES increases enterprise networks' Return on
Investment (ROI) and decreases the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) by
using common sparing components and offering improved functionality
through a common feature set controlled by industry standard
Command Line Interface (CLI) syntax, all in a compact (1.5 - 2.5
Rack Units) form factor at industry leading prices. With an
advanced hardware platform to provide user-selectable Layer 2
switching -- upgradeable to full Layer 3 multiprotocol routing --
the FastIron Edge Switch is the ideal networking platform for
today's enterprise wiring closet and server farm applications.
Foundry Networks award-winning ServerIron family of switches are
the highest performance application switches in the industry, and
combine a rich set of application intelligence to deliver maximum
availability, security and scalability for mission-critical
applications and server farms. ServerIron switches support a
comprehensive set of load balancing and Layer 7 switching features
and enable network managers to control and manage the accelerating
growth of their Web-based traffic and the wide range of Web
services. "We are very pleased to provide GET with the essential
components needed to increase their network security and
performance," said Bob Schiff, vice president and general manager
for Foundry's enterprise business unit. "Foundry's FES2402 and
ServerIronXL enable GET to build scalable, future-proofed,
high-performance, and robust application server farms with
comprehensive load balancing solutions, in-depth network defense,
and configurable content inspection and switching." About Global
Electronic Technology Global Electronic Technology is a leading
technology provider of end-to-end payment processing solutions,
including virtual terminal, payment gateway, GETShop, on-offline
ACH and loyalty and gift card programs. Founded in 2000 by Steven
H. Bryson and currently privately-owned, GET has grown to epitomize
the word "global" in its name by offering state-of-the-art payment
processing products and services to diversified industries,
extending from retail to Internet-based transactions in the
worldwide payment industry. For more information, please call
888-775-1500 or visit on the web at http://www.gettrx.com/. About
Foundry Networks Foundry Networks, Inc. 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, access
routers and metro routers. Foundry's 9,700 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 http://www.foundrynetworks.com/. Press
Contacts: North America Europe Asia/Pacific Pavel Radda Tom Herbst
Jenny Liu Foundry Networks Kaizo Foundry Networks Hong Kong
408-586-1746 +0207-580-8852 +852-2845-3818 Foundry Investor
Contact: GET Media Contact Jason Golz Patricia Pound Financial
Dynamics 949-715-5660 415-439-4532 DATASOURCE: Foundry Networks,
Inc. CONTACT: North America, Pavel Radda of Foundry Networks,
+1-408-586-1746, or ; or Europe, Tom Herbst of Kaizo,
+0207-580-8852, or , for Foundry Networks; or Asia/Pacific, Jenny
Liu of Foundry Networks Hong Kong, +852-2845-3818, or ; or
investors, Jason Golz of Financial Dynamics, +1-415-439-4532, or ,
for Foundry Networks; or media, Patricia Pound of GET,
+1-949-715-5660, or Web site: http://www.gettrx.com/ Web site:
http://www.foundrynetworks.com/
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