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Foundry Networks: History, Products & Companies

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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Foundry Networks topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Products and Companies as prominent areas in the source structure around Foundry Networks.

Related topics
15
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
18
Extracted relationships
40
Concept neighborhoods
13
Bridge connections
18

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 7 topics
Acquisition · 4 topics
Overview · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1996
Industry
Networking hardware
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California, USA
Defunct
December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19)
Fate
Acquired by Brocade Communications Systems
Key people
Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Acquisition

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Foundry Networks connects Entity context

The extracted context around Foundry Networks shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Foundry Networks → Bobby, California, Ethernet, FDRY, Gigabit Ethernet, In, Internet, It, January, Johnson, Jr, Layer, NASDAQ, Perennium Networks, Santa Clara, StarRidge Networks, The, United States Another extracted example is Foundry Networks → Archived, Article, Brocade, December, Foundry, Original, Oro Group, Wayback Machine. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Foundry Networks

Top relations

related to history · 18
Foundry Networks → Bobby, California, Ethernet, FDRY, Gigabit Ethernet, In, Internet, It, January, Johnson, Jr, Layer, NASDAQ, Perennium Networks, Santa Clara, StarRidge Networks, The, United States
related to External links · 8
Foundry Networks → Archived, Article, Brocade, December, Foundry, Original, Oro Group, Wayback Machine
Defunct · 1
Foundry Networks → December 19, 2008 (2008-12-19)
Fate · 1
Foundry Networks → Acquired by Brocade Communications Systems
Founded · 1
Foundry Networks → 1996
Headquarters · 1
Foundry Networks → Santa Clara, California, USA
Industry · 1
Foundry Networks → Networking hardware
Key people · 1
Foundry Networks → Bobby R. Johnson, Jr.
Net income · 1
Foundry Networks → $81.143 million USD (2007)
Number of employees · 1
Foundry Networks → 1100 (2008)

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

foundry networks brocade 2008 company communications systems switches routers december networking acquired ethernet first switch serveriron products hardware billion product

Foundry Networks relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Foundry NetworksDefunctDecember 19, 2008 (2008-12-19)1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksFateAcquired by Brocade Communications Systems1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksFounded19961.00infobox
Foundry NetworksHeadquartersSanta Clara, California, USA1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksIndustryNetworking hardware1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksKey peopleBobby R. Johnson, Jr.1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksNet income$81.143 million USD (2007)1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksNumber of employees1100 (2008)1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksOperating income$82.866 million USD (2007)1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksParentBrocade Communications Systems1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksProductsSwitches, routers, application delivery controllers1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksRevenue$607.205 million USD (2007)1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksTypeSubsidiary1.00infobox
Foundry NetworksWebsitewww.brocade.com1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Foundry Networks bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Networks, Company and First. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Foundry Networks
    • Networks
    • Company
    • First
    • Communications
    • Systems
    • Brocade
    • Networking
    • Routers
    • Serveriron
    • Switches
    • Sold
    • Also
  • foundry networks
    • Networks
    • First
    • Company
    • Communications
    • Systems
    • Routers
    • Brocade
    • Switches
    • Networking
    • Serveriron
    • Also
    • Application
  • brocade communications systems
    • Communications
    • Systems
    • Acquired
    • Brocade
    • Bobby
    • Founded
    • Company
    • Networking
    • Foundry
    • Networks
    • Billion
    • Acquisition
  • ruckus networks
    • First
    • Company
    • Routers
    • Switches
    • Brocade
    • Communications
    • Systems
    • Also
    • Application
    • Bobby
    • Founded
    • Million
  • extreme networks
    • First
    • Company
    • Routers
    • Switches
    • Brocade
    • Communications
    • Systems
    • Also
    • Application
    • Bobby
    • Founded
    • Million
  • networking hardware
    • Hardware
    • Networking
    • Acquired
    • Acquisition
    • Also
    • Bobby
    • California
    • Clara
    • Communications
    • Founded
    • High-end
    • Santa
  • ethernet
    • Switches
    • Also
    • Hardware
    • High-end
    • Networking
    • Product
    • Products
    • Routers
    • Networks
    • First
    • Serveriron
    • Switch
  • gigabit ethernet
    • Switches
    • Also
    • Hardware
    • High-end
    • Networking
    • Product
    • Products
    • Routers
    • Networks
    • First
    • Serveriron
    • Switch

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

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.

Min side: 3
Foundry NetworksHistory · splits 11 ⟂ 8
Foundry NetworksOverview · splits 14 ⟂ 5
Foundry NetworksAcquisition · splits 14 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

Foundry Networks

Nodes19
Edges18
Triples40
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.105263
Components1

Source & methodology

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

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