Cary, NC — (press release exerpt) — LVL7 Systems announced today the launch of an aggressive Linux strategy which includes:

• The introduction of FASTPATH, the industry's first completely integrated Linux-based switch/router services enabled software solution for the enterprise, metro, and access markets,
  
• A partnerships with Red Hat and MontaVista Software,
  
• The creation of a Linux… development community that provides network equipment vendors with a central source for Linux development support and services from LVL7, Red Hat, MontaVista Software, and other silicon partners.

Ernie Baker, founder and president of LVL7, says the software company is committed to meeting the needs of the Linux community. “Linux is an increasingly popular choice as an embedded operating system and is a natural fit for FASTPATH because of its independent nature and ease of portability,” Baker said. “Product developers are asking for intelligent solutions that enable new revenue generating services. FASTPATH is still the only networking software product that has been successfully ported and integrated on multiple operating systems and silicon platforms, including network processors, ASICs and ASSPs.”

LVL7 has already begun working with multiple customers to provide the Linux-based version of its FASTPATH 2.0 software suite, which includes production quality code for Layers 2/3/4+ switching and routing, bandwidth provisioning and management services. FASTPATH was recently tested and integrated on the Linux 2.4 kernel, making it the industry¹s first completely integrated switch-router solution. Previously, equipment manufacturers have been forced to write their own Linux software code or face the difficult challenge of integrating numerous shrink-wrapped routing protocols.

FASTPATH works across multiple operating systems, silicon platforms The FASTPATH software suite includes more than one million lines of production quality code for switches, routers and access devices. As the only company to provide a flexible architecture that works across multiple silicon platforms and operating systems, LVL7 enables networking equipment manufacturers to reduce product development cycles and get to market faster.

 
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