Cyberport Selects Juniper Networks Contrail to Drive Software-Defined Networking Within Its Community Cloud

Hong Kong's Creative Digital Community to Deploy Contrail Virtual Network Overlay Solution to Automate and Orchestrate Its Cloud Network

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Dec 30, 2013) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that Cyberport will deploy Juniper Networks® Contrail as the virtual network solution for its Cyberport Community Cloud. The new offering from Cyberport is designed to give ICT (information and communications technology) start-ups hands-on experience with a state-of-the-art cloud environment and serve as a gateway to public cloud services.

To grow top line revenue and control cost, Cyberport was looking to migrate from traditional data center architecture to a more flexible and agile cloud infrastructure. They have been testing and piloting a cloud computing environment, based on the OpenStack cloud orchestration system for its community start-up companies since 2010 and was one of Juniper's global customers to be involved in Juniper Networks Contrail solution trials.

With a vision to establish itself as a leading ICT hub in the Asia-Pacific region, Cyberport contributes to the growth of the Hong Kong digital economy by nurturing industry start-ups and entrepreneurs, leading collaboration to pool resources and create business opportunities, and accelerating ICT adoption through strategic initiatives and partnerships.

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Over 30 cloud-based applications developed by the start-up community have been tested on Cyberport's pilot cloud platform as part of a highly-successful Contrail proof-of-concept trial.  Juniper Networks Contrail will enable Cyberport to offer network-as-a-service within its community cloud. The introduction of a self-service portal enables Cyberport customers to subscribe and self-provision compute, storage, network assets and enjoy bandwidth on-demand.  Juniper Networks Contrail is expected to provide Cyberport a simple way to connect physical networks with a virtual environment and provision underlying services, thus reducing the time, cost and risk for the users when configuring the network.  With Contrail, Cyberport will be able to create new services and monetization opportunities through increased automation and higher utilization of existing infrastructure without adding headcount to the team.  Cyberport will deploy a Juniper Networks MX80 3D Universal Edge Router for network bandwidth and IP provisioning. Cyberport will also leverage Contrail's open standard protocols to orchestrate on-the-fly configuration changes across its data center switching and routing infrastructure to establish virtual networks that dynamically support operations in the community cloud. Juniper Networks' Contrail will also enable Cyberport to support the federation of its community cloud with public cloud environments, increasing the speed of business and service innovation for its start-up customers by making the network more dynamic, flexible and automated. The combination of Contrail and MX Universal SDN Gateway platform will not only provide a scalable and production ready solution for Cyberport, by leveraging a standards-based architecture that integrates with a wide variety of hypervisors, physical networks and cloud orchestration platform such as OpenStack -- Juniper Networks Contrail will also eliminate the risk of Cyberport becoming subject to vendor lock-in.

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"Cyberport is among the first of many customers turning to Juniper Networks Contrail to help unleash the full potential of cloud computing to drive agility, fuel innovation and reduce costs. Together with our broad partner ecosystem, we are providing Cyberport and other customers with a production-ready solution that meets their business needs and eliminates the barriers that have stifled network innovation in the past."
- Aruna Ravichandran, vice president of product and solutions marketing, Juniper Networks

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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.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logos are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Statements in this press release concerning Juniper Networks' prospects, future products and prospective benefits to customers are forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Actual results or events could differ materially from those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including delays in scheduled product availability, the company's failure to accurately predict emerging technological trends, and other factors listed in Juniper Networks' most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release. Juniper Networks undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change after the date of this press release. Any future product, feature, enhancement or related specification that may be referenced in this press release are for information purposes only, are subject to change at any time without notice and are not commitments to deliver any future product, feature, enhancement or related specification. The information contained in this press release is intended to outline Juniper Networks' general product direction and should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision.

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Juniper Networks Becomes First Networking Vendor to Offer Integrated Wired, Wireless Campus Access for Microsoft® Lync®

Milestone AV Technologies Relies on Juniper Networks to Pave the Way for Wired/Wireless Convergence and Microsoft Lync Adoption

SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwired - Oct 9, 2013) - Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced that it is has received Microsoft® Lync® qualification for both its wired and wireless campus portfolio. As organizations continue to derive business value from their unified communications (UC) deployments, they must architect their networks to support the convergence of wired and wireless technologies. To make it easier for customers to deploy Microsoft Lync with the assurance of seamless interoperability, Juniper Networks has worked closely with Microsoft to achieve Microsoft Lync qualification for its campus networking solutions.

Because of this qualification, Milestone AV Technologies, a leading designer and manufacturer of branded audiovisual products, selected Juniper Networks wired, wireless and security products for its campus and data center environments to power its Microsoft Lync-based UC deployment. Enabling a positive UC user experience was the primary objective for Milestone AV and given management's desire to increase business agility through real-time collaboration, deploying Lync presented the ideal solution. Juniper's Microsoft Lync qualification for both wired and wireless access networks presented a number of benefits to the customer, such as assured performance, easier network management and significant cost savings.

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Juniper Networks® WLC880 Wireless LAN Controllers and WLA532 Wireless LAN Access Points support Microsoft Lync audio capabilities for mobile voice services at Milestone AV branch locations and factory sites. Integration with Polycom Spectralink phones provided yet another level of assurance that its Microsoft Lync-based voice conferencing services would enable a positive end user experience.In addition to voice and audio services, Milestone AV also actively encourages the use of real-time video to increase collaboration among its global workforce. Juniper Networks EX4500, EX4200 and EX2200 Ethernet Switches seamlessly provide the solid network infrastructure necessary to deliver bandwidth-intensive video conferencing capabilities.In order to receive Microsoft Lync qualification, Juniper Networks wired/wireless campus solutions underwent countless hours of testing to simulate the rigorous network requirements to support a Lync-based UC environment. The testing process demonstrated the ability of Juniper's solutions to deliver the flexibility and performance necessary to ensure a positive user experience.Grappling with a growing, distributed global workforce coupled with management's desire to increase business agility through seamless real-time collaboration, Milestone AV turned to Microsoft Lync as its primary collaboration tool. Juniper's Microsoft Lync qualification status presented a number of benefits to the customer, such as improved performance and simpler network management. Ultimately, Juniper partner, Emergent Networks, helped Milestone AV build out a comprehensive networking solution that incorporates Juniper's switching, routing, security and wireless solutions to support its enterprise-wide Microsoft Lync deployment.

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"As a global company with a highly distributed workforce, we needed a solution that was proven to improve productivity and collaboration amongst employees across a range of communications methods -- including presence, messaging and video -- regardless of location or proximity to headquarters. The combination of Microsoft Lync powered by Juniper Networks, delivered through our long-time IT partner, Emergent Networks, allowed us to deliver a great, real-time user experience that is driving behavioral change, which ultimately leads to a more collaborative, efficient and productive work environment."
-Keith Hogie, vice president of IT, Milestone AV Technologies

"As a solution provider, our value to the customer is our technical expertise and our ability to determine the best technological fit from a technology perspective to help them achieve their business objectives. Working with a vendor partner like Juniper Networks, that brings forth products with the reliability, system-level performance and Microsoft Lync qualification for both wired and wireless environments, is key because it enables us to make recommendations and build solutions for our customers with confidence."
-Jamie Anderson, president, Emergent Networks

"As enterprises look to unified communications as a means of increasing productivity and real-time collaboration among their workforce, network performance and reliability is a critical element of the equation for both the end user experience and IT professional management. Juniper Networks has successfully achieved Microsoft Lync qualification for its WLAN solutions, making it the first networking vendor to be independently qualified for both its wired and wireless solutions. With this new development, enterprises can now deploy Microsoft Lync with the assurance of seamless integration with their Juniper Networks solution, while delivering a consistent user experience across PCs, tablets and mobile devices."
-BJ Haberkorn, director of product marketing, Microsoft Lync

"When companies deploy UC tools like Microsoft Lync, they need high-performance networks to ensure optimal delivery of real-time applications. The network's ability to scale to deliver these services seamlessly has a direct impact on the user experience. As the first networking company qualified by Microsoft to meet the system level requirements of Microsoft Lync across both our wired and wireless portfolio, customers like Milestone AV can deploy a comprehensive UC solution with assurance that they deliver an exceptional user experience."
-Denise Shiffman, vice president of product management and strategy, Campus and Data Center Business Unit, Juniper Networks

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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.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logo and QFabric are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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Juniper Networks Launches Production-Ready Software-Defined Networking Solution to Bring Networking Into the Cloud Era

"Our involvement in Juniper's SDN Technology Partner Program provides further evidence of Sandvine's commitment to SDN and policy innovation. As the only policy vendor with an announced SDN & Network Functions Virtualization [NFV] strategy for its platform, Sandvine has foreseen the need for application- and subscriber-aware feature sets in a Software Defined Network, including Network Services Chaining. We see SDN as a means of continuing our innovation leadership into the next realm of policy control: virtualization."
- Don Bowman, chief technology officer, Sandvine

"In working with the Juniper Networks Contrail solution, we address a primary concern of any customer considering the move to a SDN or Network as a Service deployment -- how to leverage a SDN without losing real-time visibility of how things perform -- which is the first step in quickly identifying and rectifying network service disruption." Murray continued, "SevOne wants to work with network vendors that demonstrate thought leadership and a desire to support multi-vendor networks. Juniper Networks is a perfect fit."
- Casey Murray, vice president of global strategic alliances, SevOne

"As enterprises and service providers begin the transition to virtualized network infrastructure, Juniper's Contrail controller will greatly simplify insertion and service chaining for solutions like Silver Peak virtual data acceleration. As the leader in virtualized network services, Silver Peak is excited to join Juniper Networks SDN Technology Development Partner Program with a focus on reduced cost and faster time to deployment for our mutual customers."
- Marc Trimuschat, vice president of alliances for Silver Peak 

"Sonus Networks is an early partner of Juniper as we are working together on network function virtualization. The introduction of Contrail, an open SDN controller simplifies networking in the virtualization world and we believe is the next step in increasing the service provider's ability to monetize service delivery. This is illustrated by the Contrail product which we anticipate will provide customers with greater agility in deploying Sonus Networks' award-winning SBC as a virtualized network service."
- David Tipping, Vice President and General Manager, Sonus SBC Business

"Our partnership with Juniper Networks around Contrail supports our commitment to providing agile and efficient Websense® TRITON® security to protect organizations from the latest advanced threats and data theft," said Russ Dietz, Websense CTO. "Contrail's automated and scale-out service chaining feature will assist joint customers when deploying Websense TRITON in virtualized software defined networks while reducing operational costs."
- Russ Dietz, chief technology officer, Websense

"Becoming a Juniper Networks' Partner Advantage Cloud partner means Xantaro can design and support unique cloud-based solutions to help meet our customers' expectations and remain competitive in a rapidly changing market environment. Leveraging Juniper Networks Contrail SDN solution also means we can bring innovative solutions to help customers grow their business through new revenue opportunities."
- Gerold Arheilger, chief technology officer, Xantaro Group

"SDN has tremendous promise to drive agility, fuel innovation, and reduce costs for both enterprise and service providers. Customers are excited by this potential, but until now, SDN has been a lot of hype and not much reality. That changes today with the release of Juniper Networks Contrail and OpenContrail. Together with our broad partner ecosystem, Juniper has not only delivered on our SDN strategy, but we are providing customers with a solution that meets their business needs and eliminates the barriers that have stifled network innovation."
- Bob Muglia, executive vice president, Software Solutions Division, Juniper Networks 

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About Juniper Networks
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.

Juniper Networks and Junos are registered trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other countries. The Juniper Networks and Junos logo are trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks, or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

Statements in this press release concerning Juniper Networks' prospects, future products and prospective benefits to customers are forward-looking statements that involve a number of uncertainties and risks. Actual results or events could differ materially from those anticipated in those forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including delays in scheduled product availability, the company's failure to accurately predict emerging technological trends, and other factors listed in Juniper Networks' most recent reports on Form 10-K and 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All statements made in this press release are made only as of the date of this press release. Juniper Networks undertakes no obligation to update the information in this release in the event facts or circumstances subsequently change after the date of this press release. Any future product, feature, enhancement or related specification that may be referenced in this press release are for information purposes only, are subject to change at any time without notice and are not commitments to deliver any future product, feature, enhancement or related specification. The information contained in this press release is intended to outline Juniper Networks' general product direction and should not be relied on in making a purchasing decision.

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