June 6, 2007; 05:50 AM
Jupiter Hosting, a premier managed hosting provider, reports
significant progress towards achieving an ambitious multifaceted
expansion plan. Today, the company announced the installation of a new
core-to-edge network infrastructure comprised exclusively of switching
and routing solutions by Foundry Networks® Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY), a
performance and total solutions leader for end-to-end switching and
routing, including NetIron XMR 4000 and 16000 Series routers, FastIron
Workgroup Edge X and FastIron GS edge aggregation switches. In total,
Jupiter Hosting plans to incorporate and deploy over 40 new Foundry
switches and routers in their rapidly growing network.
Due to exponential growth in its high-volume bandwidth service, Jupiter
Hosting had to engineer an entirely new edge-to-core network
infrastructure in order to meet immediate capacity needs. The company
also wanted to be able to scale efficiently without service
interruption, while also reducing maintenance costs across the
backbone. Another goal of the network redesign was reducing the
physical link count in the backbone.
To accomplish these objectives, Jupiter Hosting aggregated all upstream
and peering transit to 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) links. The new
backbone and border architecture is comprised of Foundry Networks
award-winning NetIron XMR 4000 and 16000 backbone routers, which are
configured to provide N+1 redundancy while supporting 81Gbps of IP
transit. The new design will also boast the ability to efficiently
scale to accommodate traffic flows of approximately 200 Gbps within a
few years, as expected future growth demands further expansion.
At the edge of the network, Jupiter Hosting has upgraded all edge
services, using GbE to connect to each managed hosting platform. As a
result of this improvement, the company’s next-generation network is
now comprised of more than 2,000 GbE interfaces, making it the largest
managed hosting company providing copper GbE to each managed server
platform.
“This new network took more than a year to design and plan. From the
beginning of the process, the upgrade was a collaborative effort
between Jupiter Hosting and Foundry Networks,” said Ray Taft, president
and CEO of Jupiter Hosting. “Our network has now a complete platform
architecture that will scale to accommodate future bandwidth and
service expansion. Our guarantee of maximum throughput and
uninterrupted 24x7 services is not just a marketing tagline; it’s a
serious promise Jupiter Hosting makes to our customers. We wanted an
updated design that would position us to stay ahead of the curve as an
industry leader in broadband media delivery. Only Foundry Networks
offers a class of products with the advanced capabilities to meet our
needs. From an engineering standpoint, there was no other vendor that
came close.”
The efficiency and reduced maintenance requirements of the new network
architecture will substantially reduce Jupiter Hosting’s long-term
operational costs, a financial benefit that will also help support and
facilitate the company’s plans for future growth and development.
Perhaps most importantly, the improved backbone will only increase
Jupiter Hosting’s ability to provide its customers maximum uptime,
extremely reliable service delivery, and an optimal Internet
experience.
"We are very pleased that Jupiter Hosting has selected Foundry’s
routing and switching solutions for the delivery of advanced managed
hosting services," said Ken Cheng, vice president and general manager
for Foundry Networks' High End and Service Provider Systems Business
Unit. "Service providers require a future-ready platform for the
delivery of advanced services, and the Foundry’s switching and routing
solutions deliver this while also providing high availability,
scalability, and the performance essential for successful IP service
deployments.”
About Jupiter Hosting
Jupiter Hosting was incorporated in April of 2003 and remains one of
the largest privately-held Internet managed hosting companies in the
United States. The company specializes in managed hosting for firms
with high traffic volumes or complex hosting requirements. Working
within the OSI seven-layer model, Jupiter Hosting provides simple
dedicated and complex managed web hosting and web infrastructures for
over 10,000 Internet properties. With a client base comprised largely
of new and traditional media, entertainment, and broadcast companies,
Jupiter Hosting has emerged as an industry leader in providing support
for high-bandwidth applications such as IPTV, Video-on-Demand, and
Progressive Download of Video content over the Internet. Other areas of
specialization include IP bandwidth provisioning, server clustering,
and application or database installation. For more information about
Jupiter Hosting, visit the company’s website at
http://www.jupiterhosting.com.
About Foundry Networks
Foundry Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: FDRY) 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, and metro routers. Foundry's 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.foundrynet.com.
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