$3 Billion dollars is a lot of money, but I can’t think of a company more worth it. Foundry makes amazing Ethernet switches. Brocade makes good Fibre Channel switches and SAN products. Foundry routers are not a shabby lot either. It will be interesting to see whether Brocade uses this to go head to head against Cisco. Juniper has been trying to go head-to-head with Cisco for awhile. Now, with a new Brocade + Foundry and Juniper, Cisco will need to stay sharp or see serious parts of its business get eroded away.