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Foundry Networks, Inc. was a networking hardware vendor selling high-end Ethernet switches and routers. The company was acquired by Brocade Communications Systems on December 18, 2008.
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TTTA extracted 40 structured relationships around Foundry Networks. Examples in this analysis include Foundry Networks → Defunct → December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19) and Foundry Networks → Fate → Acquired by Brocade Communications Systems. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundry Networks | Defunct | December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Fate | Acquired by Brocade Communications Systems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Founded | 1996 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Headquarters | Santa Clara, California, USA | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Industry | Networking hardware | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Key people | Bobby R. Johnson, Jr. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Net income | $81.143 million USD (2007) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Number of employees | 1100 (2008) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Operating income | $82.866 million USD (2007) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Parent | Brocade Communications Systems | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Products | Switches, routers, application delivery controllers | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Revenue | $607.205 million USD (2007) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Type | Subsidiary | 1.00 | infobox |
| Foundry Networks | Website | www.brocade.com | 1.00 | infobox |
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For Foundry Networks, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Foundry Networks with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Foundry Networks to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Products & Companies, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Foundry Networks · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout