Fremont, CA - May 12, 2008 -ZNYX Networks Inc, the leading global provider of embedded high-availability Ethernet switches for CarrierClass™ systems, today announced the release of the ZX7200 ATCA switch blade for 10 Gigabit Ethernet systems. The ZX7200 is designed to address the bandwidth-intensive applications of Next Generation Networks (NGN) in a cost-effective, future-proof manner.

The ZX7200 is a twenty port 10GbE switch that provides Option 9 and Option 1 connectivity on the Fabric to every payload slot in an ATCA chassis, a 10GbE inter-switch link, and five autoconfiguring 10GbE/1GbE Fabric egress ports via SFP+ pluggable modules. The Fabric switching environment is managed via a dedicated processor running the ZNYX Network OpenArchitect® management software.

The ZX7200 provides full data and control plane separation with a completely separate switch and control processor, also running OpenArchitect management software, for the ATCA Base network. The twenty six port Base switch provides 1GbE connectivity to every payload slot, two 10/100 Shelf Manager connections, a 1GbE inter-switch link, three 1GbE ports for egress, and two additional 10GgE egress ports via SFP+ pluggable modules.

"The ZX7200 is a complete, high-egress switch solution in a single board configuration," said Connie Austin, President and CEO of ZNYX Networks. "We engineered most all the egress ports onto the switch panel. 50 Gigabits of data plane and 23 Gigabits of control plane egress are available without the need for a costly RTM or AMC. This is an affordable solution for the next generation of bandwidth-intensive ATCA based network devices."

Early Access versions of the ZX7200 are available immediately. Volume shipments begin mid 2008.

OpenArchitect, the Ethernet switch management software developed by ZNYX Networks, provides a scalable Ethernet management platform and delivers comprehensive L3 routing capabilities, L4-7 filtering, plus Class-of-Service features. In addition, OpenArchitect offers an extensible Linux API environment capable of supporting open-source, 3rd party or proprietary protocol stacks and routing applications. OpenArchitect/HA™, a layered application for dual switch chassis, provides a high-speed, fault-tolerant, end-to-end "IP transparent" failover solution for "hot-swappable" Ethernet-based payload blades on a switch-to-switch, VLAN-to-VLAN, or port-to-port basis.

ZNYX Networks is the leading global provider of embedded Ethernet solutions - high availability switch blades and scalable network elements - for CarrierClass systems. Equipment manufacturers and systems integrators use ZNYX Networks technologies to create solutions with continuous service, high-performance, scalability and strict compliance to telecommunications standards. The ZNYX Networks family of hardware, software, and professional services provides design engineers with a significant "time to market" advantage by leveraging pre-built and pre-tested modular embedded network elements.

Privately held, ZNYX Networks is headquartered in Fremont, California, with advanced research centers in Santa Barbara, San Francisco and Ottawa, Canada. Sales and professional service offices are in North America, Europe and Asia. For more information, see www.znyx.com , e-mail sales@znyx.com or phone (510) 249-0800.