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Juniper to license Radware tech for data center?

Juniper Networks is negotiating a deal with Radware to license application delivery controller technology from the company, according to investment firm Oppenheimer & Co.

By Jim Duffy | 17 May, 2012 05:44

Tags: router, radware, QFabric, LAN & WAN, juniper networks, ITC, HP, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, Application Delivery Controllers

From packet inspectors to WAN optimizers, network add-ons are all the rage

These days, it seems like a dozen new network "extras" - including traffic monitors, packet inspection technologies and management products, to name just a few - are launched every week, all advertising large-scale gains in performance, security and ease of use.

By Jon Gold | 12 May, 2012 06:33

Tags: Network management, networking, network, monitoring, management, juniper networks, infrastructure management, HP, add-on

Are IBM, Cisco and Oracle IT platforms really comparable?

IBM's new PureSystems integrated data center offering is drawing comparisons to Cisco's UCS and other convergence platforms from leading IT vendors.

By Jim Duffy | 13 April, 2012 22:39

Tags: Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, converged infrastructure, Data Center, dell, EMC, Gartner, hardware systems, HP, IBM, IDC, netapp, oracle, Puresystems, ucs

Investment firm warns of delays, performance issues in Juniper products

Is Juniper experiencing longer product delays and performance issues than the company has disclosed?

By Jim Duffy | 06 March, 2012 01:21

Tags: Capita, core routing, Data center and cloud, fabric switching, juniper networks, LAN & WAN, networking, product delays, QFabric, router

Comcast dives into Carrier Ethernet 2.0

Carrier Ethernet 2.0 made its debut less than a month ago and Comcast is already raring to get started with the new technology.

By Brad Reed | 03 March, 2012 07:46

Tags: bob metcalfe, Carrier Ethernet 2.0, comcast, Ethernet, LAN & WAN, Telecommunication

Mobile leaders facing network complexity look to Bruce Lee

The final keynote session of Mobile World Congress 2012 may be remembered, if it is remembered at all, as The Bruce Lee Keynote.

By Stephen Lawson | 01 March, 2012 23:33

Tags: 4g, Arm Holdings, Carriers, consumer electronics, juniper networks, mobile, MWC, smartphones, sprint nextel, Telecommunication, ZTE

Juniper targeting 7 key market segments

Juniper is aligning its product development, sales and marketing strategy in seven "domains" that reflect challenges their customers face, executives said this week from the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona.

By Jim Duffy | 01 March, 2012 10:42

Tags: campus and branch networking, Configuration / maintenance, consumer devices in the workplace, core routing, Data Center, data center single tier switching, edge routing, hardware systems, juniper networks, LAN & WAN, MWC, router

Cisco buys optical company for $271 million

Cisco this week said it intends to acquire privately held Lightwire, a developer of optical interconnect technology for high-speed networking applications, for $271 million.

By Jim Duffy | 25 February, 2012 06:26

Tags: acquisitions, business issues, Cisco, Configuration / maintenance, core and edge routers, corporate issues, Data Center, hardware systems, LAN & WAN, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, optical, router

Readying Ethernet for the converged data center

Ethernet has emerged as the dominant network protocol but it has to overcome several key limitations if it is to become the foundation of choice for the converged data center.

By Mark Teter, chief technology officer, Advanced Systems Group | 17 February, 2012 08:27

Tags: 100G Ethernet, 10G Ethernet, 40G Ethernet, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, data center bridging, DCB, DEB, Ethernet, Ethernet QoS, Ethernet quality of service, Ethernet Switch, fcoe, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet, hardware systems, high-speed Ethernet, iscsi, LAN & WAN, MSTP, Multiple Spanning Tree Protocol, Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol, RSTP, Spanning Tree Protocol, STP, TCP, TCP/IP, TRILL

Juniper exec gives inside look at QFabric

R.K. Anand, executive vice president and general manager of Juniper Networks' Data Center Business Unit, was employee No. 12 of the network startup back in 1996, leaving a job as a microprocessor designer at Sun Microsystems. Years later he left Juniper for a brief stint at another startup, but came back to help finalize the company's QFabric product and get it out the door. QFabric began shipping in September 2011. Network World Editor in Chief John Dix recently caught up with Anand at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., for a deep dive on the company's answer to high-end data center demands.

By John Dix | 16 February, 2012 11:36

Tags: brocade, Cisco, Data Center, data center fabric, freemium, juniper, Juniper fabric, juniper networks, networking, QFabric, R.K. Anand, Sun Microsystems

New Juniper routers converge the access net

Juniper Networks this week has unveiled access routers designed to provide an on-ramp to the service provider network from residential, business and mobile networks.

By Jim Duffy | 08 February, 2012 03:26

Tags: alcatel-lucent, Cisco routers, juniper networks, Juniper routers, LAN & WAN, networking, networking hardware, router, routers

Juniper's financial challenges continue

Juniper Networks' challenges are due to timing with new product rollouts and shifts in investments from customers and channel partners.

By Jim Duffy | 28 January, 2012 08:18

Tags: Cisco, cloud, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Ethernet Switch, Ethernet switching, hardware systems, internet, juniper, juniper networks, LAN & WAN, router

Juniper acquires BitGravity content technology, engineers

Juniper Networks has acquired technology and personnel from BitGravity, the content delivery networking (CDN) subsidiary of Tata Communications.

By Jim Duffy | 24 January, 2012 00:27

Tags: acquisitions, BitGravity, business issues, CDNs, corporate issues, juniper, juniper networks, LAN & WAN, mergers, mergers and acquisitions, online media, Tata Communications

Verizon Wireless outage outraging customers

Verizon Wireless customers have taken to the carrier's support forums and social media sites such as Twitter to complain about what appears to be a nationwide 3G/4G wireless data outage.

By Bob Brown | 22 December, 2011 02:31

Tags: 3G wireless, 4G wireless, at&t, juniper networks, networking, twitter, Verizon outage, Verizon Wireless, Verizon Wireless outage, wireless

Juniper at the root of Internet outage?

Juniper routers are reportedly behind an Internet outage that affected service providers and Web sites around the globe Monday morning.

By Jim Duffy | 08 November, 2011 08:54

Tags: juniper networks, LAN & WAN, networking, router, service providers

Juniper adds OpenFlow to its routers, switches

Juniper Networks this week said it is making the source code of its OpenFlow application accessible to developers of applications for its Junos networking operating system software.

By Jim Duffy | 26 October, 2011 23:33

Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, Ethernet Switch, hardware systems, juniper networks, LAN & WAN, networking, networking hardware, router, routers

How we tested Cloud management services

Abiquo: We installed their virtual appliance from ISO in two VMs on an ESXi server. On the first VM, we selected the Abiquo Server, Abiquo Remote Services, and Abiquo V2V Conversion Services for installation.

By Thomas Henderson and Brendan Allen | 09 August, 2011 01:38

Tags: networking, networking hardware, routers, switches

HP extends Cisco switch trade-in program

HP this week said it has expanded a trade-in program for customers looking to swap out Cisco switches for HP gear.

By Jim Duffy | 02 August, 2011 06:36

Tags: Ethernet Switch, hewlett-packard, LAN & WAN, networking, networking hardware, switches

Brocade adds IPv6 to core switching platform

Networking vendor Brocade has announced an upgrade to its core switching software which increases performance and adds IPv6 support.

By Rodney Gedda | 23 March, 2011 09:35

Tags: brocade, ipv4, IPv6, switches

The push is on to cut 100G Ethernet's price

Less than a year after 100-Gigabit Ethernet was standardized, an industry group is considering a set of specifications that might make the high-speed technology less expensive and more useful.

By Stephen Lawson | 24 February, 2011 03:28

Tags: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, juniper networks, networking

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