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Foundry Networks Takes Fast Lane(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Foundry Networks, a performance and total solutions provider for end-to-end switching and routing, announced Fast Lane Consulting and Education Services, a supplier of advanced information technology training, has been selected by the company as an exclusive Foundry Authorized Training Partner. Fast Lane will deliver authorized Foundry courses to resellers and end-user organizations of the company's networking products and solutions in locations that Foundry operates. These classes allow network and system administrators to better maximize the extensive capabilities, performance, and value of Foundry's networking solutions through training and certification. The Foundry authorized curriculum focuses on the company's intelligent and advanced edge-to-core, high-performance networking solutions that include switching, routing, and application traffic management products. Fast Lane will offer the full Foundry curriculum: a three-day course on Layer 2/3 switching/routing, a two-day Layer 4-7 application delivery switching course, a three-day network management course, and a five-day advanced Layer 2/3 switching/routing course. "We look forward to working with the Foundry team and providing their valued customers high-quality education and training," said Chuck Terrien, president, Fast Lane Americas. "As a successful leader in networking, Foundry understands the importance of customer training and education in order to provide encompassing value to organizations. This new relationship will leverage our vendor outsourced training model and existing worldwide capabilities including a greater use of local language instructors for Foundry." The new training partnership between Fast Lane and Foundry will provide more opportunities for Foundry resellers and end-user organizations to receive training in more locations around the world via an expanded public course schedule that targets specific customer and partner needs. "We are very pleased to have Fast Lane as a Foundry Authorized Training Partner," said Gerald Anderson, Foundry's director of Education Services. "As Foundry continues its expansion around the world, we want to ensure that our customers have access to educational resources that will help maximize the value and business-critical utilization of Foundry's networking solutions. Based on Fast Lane's proven track record, technical expertise, and worldwide reach, we felt they were an excellent fit." ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |