Juniper Networks, Inc. engages in the design and sale of products and services that together provide customers with Internet Protocol (IP) networking solutions. The company offers two categories of networking products: Infrastructure products, which consist of the original Juniper Networks router portfolio and Kagoor and Acorn products; and Service Layer Technologies (SLT) products, which consist of the former NetScreen, Peribit, Redline and Funk products.
Segments
The company operates in three segments: Infrastructure, SLT, and Service. Infrastructure segment primarily offers scalable router products that are used to control and direct network traffic. SLT segment offers solutions that meet customer’s priorities, from protecting the network itself, and protecting data on the network, to maximizing existing bandwidth and acceleration of applications across a distributed network. Service segment delivers services to customers of the Infrastructure and SLT segments.
Products
The company offers a family of network security solutions that deliver security for enterprises, service providers and government entities, including firewall and VPN systems and appliances, secure sockets layer (SSL) VPN appliances, and intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) appliances. With the acquisitions of Funk Software, Inc. (Funk), Peribit Networks, Inc. (Peribit), Redline Networks, Inc. (Redline), and Kagoor Networks, Inc. (Kagoor), the company added products and technologies to SLT product family that enable customers to provide additional IP-based services and improve the performance and security of their existing networks and applications.
Infrastructure Products
M-Series and T-Series: The company’s M-series platforms are deployed at the edge of operator networks, in small and medium core networks, enterprise networks and in other applications. The M-series product family includes the M320, M160, M120, M40e, M20, M10i and M7i platforms. The MX-Series is a new product family developed as a platform to address the Carrier Ethernet market and the MX960 is designed for emerging Ethernet network architectures and services. Its T-series platforms, T640, T320, and TX Matrix, are primarily designed for core IP infrastructures.
E-Series: The company’s E-series products are a full featured platform with support for carrier-class routing, broadband subscriber management services and a set of IP services. The E-series family includes the ERX-1440, -1410, -710, -705 and -310 platforms and the E320 platform. E-Series platforms offer a suite of routing protocols and provide scalable capacity for users.
In 2006, the company announced various products for its Infrastructure products, including The MX960 Ethernet Services Router, a high-density, purpose-built, platform designed to address the ‘Carrier Ethernet’ market; a series of enhancements for the E320 broadband services router, including the delivery of new interface cards with advanced capabilities designed to reduce the complexity of deploying Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) and other services; the M120 platform which is the company's multi-service edge and small core routing platform; and a new T-series 40 Gbps interface card was also released which delivers improved interoperability and service agility over optical transport and IP network infrastructures.
Service Layer Technologies (SLT) products
SLT products provide network security solutions and enable the company’s customers to provide additional IP-based services and improve the performance and security of their existing networks and applications.
Firewall and VPN Systems: The company’s NS-5400, -5200, and -500 products and ISG-2000 and -1000 products are security systems designed to provide integrated firewall, VPN and denial of service protection capabilities for enterprise environments and carrier network infrastructures. The company's ISG-2000 and -1000 products can also deliver intrusion detection and prevention functionality with the addition of optional security modules to the base ISG chassis. Its firewall and VPN systems allow security policies to be enforced for multiple virtual local area networks, or Virtual LANs (VLANs), allowing a single system to secure multiple networks.
Firewall and VPN Appliances: The company’s SSG family of products represents a new class of security appliance that delivers a mix of security and LAN/WAN connectivity for regional and branch office deployments. The SSG appliances combine firewall/VPN and routing with a set of Unified Threat Management (UTM) security features to protect traffic as it flows in and out of the branch office. Its NS-208, -204, -100, -50, -25, -5XT and -5XP security appliances are fixed configuration products of varying performance characteristics that offer integrated firewall, VPN and denial of service protection capabilities.
SSL VPN Appliances: The company’s Secure Access-6000, -4000 and -2000, and -700 appliances are used to secure remote access for mobile employees, secure extranets for customers and partners, and secure intranets. Its SSL VPN appliances are designed to be used in enterprise environments of various sizes.
IDP Appliances: The company’s IDP-1100, -600, -200 and -50 appliances utilize intrusion detection methods to improve the attack detection accuracy and provide the attack detection coverage available. Its IDP appliances provide traffic processing and alarm collection, presentation and forwarding.
Application Acceleration Platforms: The company’s WX, WXC, and DX products improve the performance of client-server and web-enabled business applications for branch-office, remote, and mobile users. These application acceleration platforms enable its customers to deliver LAN-like performance to users around the globe who access centralized applications.
Unified Access Control (UAC) Solution: Using the company’s UAC 2.0 solution, IC-4000 and -6000 appliances combine identity-based policy and end-point intelligence to give enterprises visibility and policy control throughout the network.
AAA and 802.1X Products: The company’s family of AAA and 802.1X network access security products, including Odyssey Access Client and Steel Belted Radius products, are a key component to uniform security policy enforcement across all network access methods, including wireless LAN, remote/VPN, dial, and identity-based (wired 802.1X) methods.
In 2006, the company announced various products for its SLT products, including the SSG family of branch office security products; a full branch solution using SSG security platforms and J4350 and J6350 J-series enterprise routers; a range of new implementation services and the integration of Intelligent Communications capabilities from Avaya, offering customers increased choice and flexibility for branch offices; the completion of integration of 802.1X components with UAC 2.0 solution, including elements of the company's Odyssey Access Client and Steel-Belted Radius products; and New additions to WX and DX application acceleration platforms, which advance performance and availability and management of the company's data center solution and are designed to meet the changing requirements for enterprise data centers.
Markets and Customers
The company’s customers include service providers, such as wireless, cable operators as well as internet content providers; enterprises; governments; and research and education institutions. Its major customer includes Siemens. The company has strategic world-wide reseller relationships with Siemens AG, Ericsson Telekom A.B. and Alcatel-Lucent.
Suppliers
The company has manufacturing relationships primarily with Celestica in China and Plexus. It also has relationship with Flextronics in China. Its application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) are manufactured primarily by IBM Corporation and Toshiba Corporation.
Competition
Infrastructure Business: The company’s competitors include Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., and Nortel Networks Corporation.
SLT Business: The company’s competitors include Cisco, Checkpoint Software Technologies, Fortinet, Inc., F5 Networks, Inc., Nortel, Riverbed Technology, Inc., Alcatel-Lucent, and Huawei.
History
Juniper Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 1996.
