[March 29, 2007]

Any2 Exchange Upgrades Switching Infrastructure at CRG West's One Wilshire

LOS ANGELES --(Business Wire)-- Internet traffic on the Any2 Exchange, based at the One Wilshire Building in downtown Los Angeles, grew more than 300 percent during the past quarter. Membership on the rapidly growing Internet exchange now surpasses 80 participating networks, with new participants representing all areas of Internet content and service delivery.

"Our Any2 Exchange community is demanding much higher capacity, more Internet peering options, and a roadmap for future growth," said John Savageau, Managing Director at CRG West. "We needed to provide 10 Gigabit Ethernet access ports, the ability to upgrade at some point to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, and ensure the Any2 Exchange community could continue growing to accommodate over 300 networks present at both One Wilshire and Market Post Tower in San Jose, California."

CRG West, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Carlyle Group, operates facilities including One Wilshire - one of the most densely connected carrier hotel and data centers in the world, Market Post Tower, 1275 K Street NW in Washington D.C., 427 S. LaSalle in Chicago, and the Miami Exchange.

"Internet traffic through all our facilities has continued to grow over the past couple of years, replacing much of the former telephony and leased line traffic. The Any2 Exchange was built to help content delivery and service provider networks more rapidly deploy their networks, and have much more flexibility in developing new Internet peering relationships with other networks operating within CRG West's One Wilshire and Market Post Tower facilities," added Savageau.

CRG West selected Foundry Networks' powerful RX-16 switch platform to provide the high capacity switching needed to meet both current and future Any2 Exchange needs.

"The Foundry RX-16 offers a robust, scalable architecture with a great cost per port model, allowing us to dedicate more of our capital resources to Any2 Exchange service development," continued Savageau. "Foundry Networks gives us a strong partner, who fully understands the Internet exchange community, and will work with the Any2 Exchange while we further develop services to meet the needs of our Internet community."

The Any2 Exchange is a premier interconnection point for Asia, the Americas, and Europe. For more information about the Any2 Exchange visit the Any2 Support Web Site at http://www.onewilshire.com/meet_me_room/any2.htm, or contact any2@crgwest.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, access routers and metro routers. Foundry's 10,400 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.foundrynetworks.com.

About CRG West

Established in 2001, CRG West is a global data center and property management company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. CRG West operates network-neutral colocation facilities throughout the United States, including the premiere One Wilshire building in Los Angeles. An icon in the Los Angeles skyline for more than two decades, One Wilshire is considered to be the single most important point of connectivity in the Western United States, if not the world. As a wholly owned portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, CRG West manages more than 1.6 million square feet of first-class data center and office space. Clients choose the CRG West team for their extensive telecommunications, network planning, and experience specializing in:

-- Local, Regional, and Global Connectivity

-- Managed Colocation Infrastructure Services

-- Peering Opportunities

-- Reliability and Redundancy

-- First-Class Office Space

-- Operating Expense Savings

CRG West is home to more than 300 of the world's leading networks, communications providers, and enterprises. Visit www.crgwest.com for additional information.

The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm with $44.3 billion under management. Carlyle invests in buyouts, venture & growth capital, real estate, and leveraged finance in Asia, Europe, and North America, focusing on aerospace & defense, automotive & transportation, consumer & retail, energy & power, healthcare, industrial, technology & business services, and telecommunications & media. The Carlyle Group employs more than 670 people in 16 countries. In the aggregate, Carlyle portfolio companies have more than $68 billion in revenue and employ more than 300,000 people worldwide. www.carlyle.com

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