Study: Federal IT Pros Becoming Technology Early Adopters to Help Address Cost Cuts, Efficiencies, Federal Mandates as FY14 Budget Looms

New Research Shows 34 Percent of Federal IT Pros Surveyed Plan to Adopt Software-Defined Networking (SDN) Within Two Years to Meet Priorities, Yet Gaps Exist in SDN Understanding

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Aug 22, 2013) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced the results of its survey of 250 federal IT professionals conducted by Wakefield Research. IT leaders and practitioners in the federal sector who were surveyed are looking to capitalize on major developments in networking technology to align investments with their top agency priorities of cutting costs (72 percent), increasing efficiency and business agility (68 percent) and meeting mandates (60 percent) as they plan for IT spending in the government's next fiscal year, which begins October 1.

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As federal IT professionals plan for current and future budget cuts, agencies have to find improvements in IT efficiencies to reduce both CAPEX and OPEX. Additionally, several federal mandates are presenting federal IT workers with a unique set of obstacles as they prepare for the new fiscal year.

The survey showed that a majority (66 percent) of respondents believe SDN -- software designed to create more efficient and agile networks -- will be important in accommodating federal mandates or similar efficiency and budgetary requirements with more than one-third (34 percent) claiming they currently have concrete plans to adopt SDN within the next two years. Ninety-one percent of respondents see at least one area in their agency or department that will benefit from SDN and 61 percent of those in executive or management positions consider SDN an important factor in making networking buying decisions. In fact, most respondents who plan to adopt SDN indicate that they intend to do so within the next 13 months. These findings suggest that SDN will become a reality within government faster than many have forecasted.

However, agency preparedness is lacking, with nearly two-thirds (61 percent) surveyed saying they are not familiar with SDN. Even among those familiar with SDN, 58 percent had two or more misconceptions about the implementation of SDN. For example, 11 percent believed SDN only applied to data centers and 15 percent believed it required manual configuration of hardware. The reality is that SDN is being considered and applied in many parts of IT infrastructure, not just the network or the data center. Additionally, SDN will help remove manual configuration of hardware to orchestrate IT operations.

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"We see government and service providers both applying SDN to their network operations and continuous monitoring initiatives. Many agencies are working to automate and centralize network configuration and monitoring using tools like Chef and Puppet, enabling automated control-plane monitoring and configuration push and rollback. At Accelerated Servers, we have been successfully applying SDN functionality to integrate continuous monitoring of network operations, security and performance."
-Avi Freedman, CTO, Accelerated Servers

"As the research shows, government IT professionals are looking to lower costs and continue to turn to new technologies to realize efficiencies. Unfortunately, most networks lack the agility and efficiency needed to realize the full benefits of innovations like cloud. While the study shows that a significant number of federal IT professionals see how SDN will help improve business agility and efficiencies needed by agencies, the survey also points to an important knowledge gap of SDN among federal IT professionals. There is a clear need to develop a defined roadmap with an eye toward future-proofing government IT."
-Mark Belk, chief architect for national government, Juniper Networks

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Juniper Networks Simplifies Mobile Device Connectivity and Control to Address the Complex Requirements of BYOD Initiatives

Technology Partnerships and New Features for Junos Pulse Provide Simplified, Intelligent and Secure Access to Enterprise Resources

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 4, 2013) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced enhancements to its Junos® Pulse remote access (SSL VPN) and network access control (NAC) solutions and new technology partnerships with leading Mobile Device Management (MDM) companies. These new enhancements and partnerships enable enterprises and service providers to simplify and better secure Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) efforts. Through partnerships with leading MDM providers AirWatch and MobileIron, Juniper Networks® Junos Pulse Secure Access Service and Junos Pulse Access Control Service solutions can leverage these and other popular MDM platforms.

The need for simplified and scalable BYOD solutions is imperative for many companies and organizations. According to Juniper's Trusted Mobility Index, first released in 2012, many employees claim to circumvent their employers' official mobile device policies, with nearly half of all respondents who use their personal device for work (41 percent) doing so without permission from their company. In response to the increasing demand and use of personal devices for work, many companies are establishing BYOD policies and investing in solutions to enable, secure and control these personal devices connecting to the corporate network. Unfortunately, for many companies this has traditionally required purchasing and managing separate solutions from multiple vendors to first secure the device and then its connection to the network. In practice, companies and service providers are often forced to either devote significant resources to manage multiple deployments or prioritize protecting the device with MDM while leaving the connection back to the corporate network less secure.

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With Juniper's new technology partnerships, innovative technologies and broadened platform support, companies can now leverage existing MDM investments to expand their security and control of mobile devices while simplifying management.

Mobile Device Management Partnerships - Juniper Networks is establishing a new open initiative to enable MDM and other mobile security solutions to integrate with its market leading Junos Pulse technology. Today, the company is announcing AirWatch and MobileIron as its first partners of this initiative. These partnerships provide a simple and open way to integrate Junos Pulse Secure Access Service (SSL VPN) and Junos Access Control Service (NAC) with MDM solutions that simplify and secure BYOD efforts for both IT and end-users. IT organizations and service providers will benefit from this initiative by being able to leverage mobile device attributes easily -- such as device-location, device status and compliance -- across both Juniper solutions to create highly granular and intelligent security policies. The integration will also consolidate policy management views into common dashboards, reducing ongoing operational complexity and improving policy visibility. For end-users, it will mean no-touch deployment and configuration of Junos Pulse clients. New Junos Pulse Access Control Service v5.0, Junos Pulse Secure Access Service 8.0 Release Junos Pulse Access Control Service and Junos Pulse Secure Access Service now support KVM-based virtual deployments, in addition to VMware, enabling the Junos Pulse NAC and SSL VPN solutions to work over the widest range of IT environments. Junos Pulse client support now includes Apple OS X Mavericks, iOS 7, Microsoft Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT client platforms for even broader mobile platform and BYOD support. Windows 8.1 and Windows RT 8.1 versions will include Junos Pulse client connectivity built in, easing deployment efforts on these platforms.

Supporting Quotes:
"Organizations are demanding greater levels of control and security as mobile continues to transform business operations and improve employee productivity. The integration between AirWatch and Junos Pulse is significant in offering customers more secure, intelligent and granular policies for BYOD management and in providing additional layers of protection to mobile deployments."

- Kevin Keith, director of business development, AirWatch

"Every day our customers ask how they can leverage remote access, access control and mobile device management, to create a more manageable and secure BYOD solution. Juniper's Junos Pulse integration with Airwatch and MobileIron is something our customers will want to secure and simplify remote access and BYOD efforts."

- Greg Gizinski, manager, SSL systems engineering, MegaPath

"Successful BYOD initiatives combine a great user experience with enterprise-class data security. Compromising either one is not an option. Our partnership with Juniper Networks provides intelligent, mobile-aware policy management for IT and no-touch deployment for employees to make the enterprise access experience secure and intuitive."

- Ojas Rege, vice president, strategy, MobileIron

"More needs to be done to help IT embrace BYOD by both enabling users to work everywhere, anytime on any device, while keeping the network secure. Integrating and linking VPN, NAC and MDM solutions reduces complexity, functional silos and provides a better BYOD experience for both IT and end-users. By working together with our partners, Juniper Networks can simplify the user experience and provide IT peace of mind that they are not compromising security, privacy or control."

- Tamir Hardof, senior director, security product marketing, Juniper Networks

Availability:
Junos Pulse Access Control Service v5.0 and Junos Pulse Secure Access Service 8.0 are available today.

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Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) delivers innovation across routing, switching and security. From the network core down to consumer devices, Juniper Networks' innovations in software, silicon and systems transform the experience and economics of networking. Additional information can be found at Juniper Networks (www.juniper.net) or connect with Juniper on Twitter and Facebook.

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