Juniper Networks Brings Value to Leading Managed Service Provider Verizon Business With J-series Services Routers

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced its J-series services router with JUNOS™ software will deliver high-performance enterprise routing and security to customers of leading managed service provider, Verizon Business. With the addition of the Juniper Networks J-Series services router, Verizon Business is expanding the number of platforms offered to its managed network services customers, providing them with greater choice and flexibility. The Juniper Networks J-series services routers extend the reliability, performance and capabilities of Juniper Networks JUNOS software, a single-source operating system, to branch offices and remote locations, as well as smaller networks. This provides the foundation upon which today’s real-time, business-critical applications can be delivered. "By offering management of the Juniper Networks J-series services routers, we enable enterprise customers to reduce the day-to-day management burden so that remote technical staff can focus on business critical initiatives,” said Nancy Gofus, senior vice president and chief marketing officer, Verizon Business. "Every customer has specific networking requirements and this announcement underscores our commitment to delivering choice and flexibility to our large business and government customers.” The Juniper Networks J-series services router is a cornerstone for managed services because it offers reliability and high-performance with integrated, industry-leading security services with JUNOS 9.0 software. The managed security services enable enterprises to provide fast, reliable and secure access to business-critical applications across networks and helps ensure that information technology initiatives deliver business value. By leveraging the modular JUNOS software, the J-series services routers utilize a single-source operating system that delivers advanced features and services, consistent implementation, and universal configuration and management tools. "Leading managed service providers such as Verizon Business recognize the value in Juniper’s solutions-based managed services model with best-in-class products such as the J-series services routers that deliver fast, reliable and secure network connectivity to branch and regional offices,” said Penny Wilson, chief marketing officer, Juniper Networks. "We are committed to offering a solutions-based managed service model consisting of network solutions that are in high demand and that expand and accelerate service innovation for our partners, fueling customer adoption and new sources of revenue.” As a branch office services-delivery platform that integrates routing, security, and other services including VoIP, the J-series services routers offer predictable high-performance and a variety of flexible interfaces that deliver fast, reliable and secure network connectivity. Building high-performance networks with the J-series services routers provides: High-performance routing and security, with robust and easy-to-manage security capabilities based on Juniper’s field-proven ScreenOS software, including firewall, zones, policies, application-layer gateway support, and IPSec VPNs to secure both critical information and the network from external threats and denial-of-service attacks; Predictability, stability and high uptime based on Juniper Networks JUNOS software featuring separation of control and data planes for improved operations under stress; Business continuity by maintaining high availability and systems-level resiliency for networks, through chassis clustering that enables stateful device and services failover with an active/backup control plane and active/active data plane, all within a single system view; and A full, rich set of routing features and protocols combined with the broadest MPLS features available. About Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking. Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network. This fuels high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net. Juniper Networks, ScreenOS and the Juniper Networks logo are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. JUNOS is a trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.