CitiStreet selects ServerIron application delivery switches

DQC News Bureau

Bangalore: Foundry Networks, provider of end-to-end switching and routing
solutions has announced that CitiStreet, a global benefit delivery firm, has
selected Foundry's ServerIron 450 and 850 Series Layer 4-7 application
delivery switches to provide content switching and load balancing for their
customer-facing application and database servers, which support more than 11
million users across 16,500 benefit plans 24x7x365.

Foundry's ServerIron 450 and 850 switches can scale and be easily upgraded
with SSL capabilities and more processing power in the future to meet their
business requirements without CitiStreet having to replace existing chassis.

CitiStreet is using the ServerIron 450 and 850 switches in two data center
locations to manage the content switching and load balancing of their
application and database servers that interface with customers and clients on a
daily basis in order to retrieve important information in real time about
benefits plans and services. The ServerIron 450 switches are used in conjunction
with the front-end customer-facing servers, and the ServerIron 850 switches are
used with the back-end application and database servers.

"As CitiStreet continues to grow its benefits services customer base, we
will require networking hardware that scales efficiently and without performance
degradation," said Barry Strasnick, CIO for CitiStreet. "Foundry's
ServerIron application delivery switches provide us manageability,
content-switching and load-balancing features with high availability,
scalability and high performance. Foundry provided us solid customer service as
we teamed to design and implement a networking solution that addresses our
current needs while allowing us functionality and feature flexibility in the
future."

Said Bob Schiff, VP and GM Foundry's Enterprise Business Unit. "Foundry
values providing solutions and support tailored to each client's needs and
requirements. Working closely with CitiStreet, we have installed ServerIron
Series application delivery switches that allow them the high availability and
network performance that 11 million users rely upon on a daily basis, while
allowing future scalability and upgradeability for CitiStreet as they add future
users and services."

The ServerIron 350, 450 and 850 series are available in a choice of three
respective form factors. These switches are customizable for performance, port
density and SSL acceleration to meet a range of application and data center
infrastructure needs. All three switches are designed with a modular
architecture and can be expanded to meet growing traffic demands including 10GbE
application delivery. These application delivery switches accelerate Web-based
applications and eliminate downtime caused by server and application failures.