Until its acquisition by [Brocade Communications Systems](/organization/brocade-communications-systems) in 2008, Foundry Networks was a provider of high-performance enterprise and service provider switching, routing, security, and application traffic management solutions including edge and backbone Ethernet switches, Web and content-aware application switches, network-wide security solutions, wireless LAN and access points, wide area access routers and internet provider edge and service provider core MPLS routers.