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Juniper’s enterprise business is in for a positive quarter, according to Oppenheimer & Co. In 25 interviews with Juniper channel partners, Oppenheimer says Juniper’s fourth quarter enterprise sales are in line or slightly better due to improved spending and closure of some large deals before year’s end. Read more
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The worldwide market for network security appliances and software grew 7% between the second and third quarters to $1.26 billion, according to Infonetics Research.
Cisco remains the leader with 35% of the market. It gained a point of share from Q2, Infonetics found, Cisco’s first sequential gain in three quarters. Read more
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In the jostling to grab the headlines for next-gen 100Gbps Ethernet, Juniper this week unveiled its second offering: a 10x10G Ethernet physical interface card (PIC) for its T1600 core router. Read more
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Juniper this week stepped up its battle with Cisco on multiple fronts with a sweeping technology and partnership announcement in New York. The event was hosted by the New York Stock Exchange, Juniper’s highest profile enterprise account for its high-performance networking thrust. Read more
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave. The server, storage and networking vendor partnerships and cross-pollination expanded again this week with word that Dell and Juniper will be teaming up for data center requirements. Read more
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Cisco’s recent $2.9 billion acquisition of enhanced mobile packet core specialist Starent Networks was said by pundits to have harmed Juniper’s prospects in this market. Many said Juniper and Starent were getting closer, particularly in AT&T’s parlour, and the Juniper was to announce its affections for the company next week in New York. Read more
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Juniper says we’re in a recovery — its Q3 results affirm that, having come in nicely above Wall Street expectations. Cisco’s Q1, which it reports Nov. 4, is also forecast to be better than initally thought. Read more
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Juniper will have a new look shortly and some significant new products, as it looks to spiff up its armor for the battle with Cisco into the 2010 decade. According to this Forbes post, the company’s big announcement in New York next week will include a new logo, software, silicon and routers. Read more
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Did Cisco steal away Juniper’s wireless partner by acquiring Starent Networks? So says UBS analyst Nikos Theodosopoulos, who states in a report that the two were about to formally announce their union to target the enhanced packet core of 4G networks. Read more
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Juniper Networks said it’s leaving NASDAQ for the New York Stock Exchange but it’s just business — nothing personal. NYSE became a big Juniper customer earlier this year.
As part of the divorce settlement with NASDAQ, Juniper is keeping the “JNPR” symbol. Read more
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Ericsson announced this week that it was selected by AT&T as one of its “domain” suppliers, specifically for wireline access. AT&T domains are 8 to 15 areas within its service network where it will select two strategic vendors to provide infrastructure. Read more
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Data center switch maker BLADE Network Technologies got another $10 million injection in its B round of funding. Backers in this round included OEM customers Juniper Networks and NEC, and a third “technology powerhouse” acting as a silent investor.
Juniper’s EX2500 top-of-rack 10G Ethernet data center switch is supplied by BLADE. Read more
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(Posted by Cisco Subnet editor Julie Bort while Jim Duffy is on vacation.) In the race to dominate the emerging 100GigE router market, Cisco on Tuesday made its move. The company introduced a new single-slot 16 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet line card for its flagship Aggregation Services Router 9000 edge router that doubles the density of the ASR 9000. Cisco says the card will actually deliver more than…
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Posted by Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene. Jim Duffy is on vacation:In the ongoing battle between Cisco and Juniper for dominance in carrier networks, the two vendors have battled to a split decision in a recent Infonetics poll.
Cisco came out on top for its carrier Ethernet switches, while Juniper won for its IP edge routers. Read more
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