Expanded Network Management Platform Support Will Enable

Enterprises to Accelerate Business Application Deployments and Realize

Operational Gains

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(EMWNews)–Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance

networking, today announced the company is extending interoperability

with leading network management platforms from AlterPoint, CA, EMC, HP,

IBM, InfoVista and SolarWinds to include Juniper Networks EX-series

Ethernet switches. Through expanded interoperability support, mutual

enterprise customers will be able to achieve greater operational

efficiency and simplicity while accelerating the deployment of

applications and services across the extended enterprise.

“By continuing to collaborate with third

parties to deliver comprehensive interoperability between leading

network management platforms and Juniper’s

high-performance network infrastructure including the new EX-series

Ethernet switches, we are providing enterprises with greater choice and

control in quickly meeting their high-performance business requirements,”

said Hitesh Sheth, executive vice president and general manager of the

Ethernet Platforms Business Group at Juniper Networks. “Juniper

is committed to advancing the economics of networking by helping

enterprises maximize IT investments and simplify operations.”

Achieving interoperability for the EX-series Ethernet switches with

AlterPoint, CA, EMC, HP, IBM, InfoVista and SolarWinds will be an

extension of current interoperability across Juniper’s

high-performance network infrastructure. Support for Juniper’s

EX-series Ethernet switches is scheduled to be available on the

following platforms in Q3 2008: AlterPoint NetworkAuthority v6.5; CA

eHealth Network Performance Manager; EMC Smarts v7.03; HP Network Node

Manager 7.5 software and HP Network Automation 7.2 Software; IBM Tivoli

Netcool/OMNIbus v7.1; InfoVista VistaInsight®

for Networks v3.0; and SolarWinds Orion v9.0.

Juniper Networks introduced the EX-series Ethernet switches in January

2008, setting new benchmarks for high-performance network infrastructure

in the enterprise. Running on Juniper’s

powerful JUNOS® software, a single-source

code base network operating system, the EX-series Ethernet switches

deliver the operational simplicity, carrier-class reliability and

integrated security that helps high-performance businesses accelerate

the deployment of business-enabling applications and services across the

extended enterprise. By leveraging JUNOS software, EX-series switches

offer carrier-class continuous systems availability, automated network

operations and a platform for open innovation that enables customers to

quickly align the network with changing business requirements.

“Enterprises, public sector agencies and

service providers today require reliable, high performance service

delivery from their network infrastructure,”

said Tanvir Hussain, vice president, product management, CA, Inc. “CA

eHealth’s support for the EX-series switches

will enable our joint customers to easily manage the Juniper devices

from an integrated fault, configuration, performance and service

perspective.”

“Upon completion of certification, which is

reasonably expected in Q308, the interoperability of Juniper’s

EX switches with EMC Smarts, which is software that delivers the

intelligence that IT operations need so network issues don’t

escalate into business issues, will provide customers with an

infrastructure solution that helps maximize the performance and

management of mission-critical IT resources,”

said Bob Quillin, senior director product marketing for EMC Resource

Management Software Group. “The Smarts

model-based technology is the foundation for operational actions such as

configuration discovery, event correlation, automated root cause

analysis, impact analysis and operational triage automation. EMC Smarts

helps network administrators simplify operations and achieve high

availability of network services.”

“Customers can reduce costs and minimize the

risk of downtime by maximizing network availability and performance.

This is accomplished by optimizing resource utilization, maintaining

regulatory compliance and meeting critical service-level agreements,”

said Joe Fox, product marketing manager, Software, HP. “The

HP Network Lifecycle Management solution manages all phases of the

network lifecycle and helps customers easily integrate networking

hardware, including Juniper’s EX-series

switches, into their existing network infrastructure.”

“Enterprises today are moving away from the

management of IT elements that make up the network to delivering the

best possible services for end users across the network. This can only

be achieved by simplifying the operations of the network so that IT can

be focused on the strategic projects that help create competitive

advantage,” said Scott Sobers, director of

service provider solutions, Tivoli Netcool Software, IBM. “Through

the robust capabilities of our IBM Tivoli Netcool software, and the

openness of Juniper’s high-performance

network infrastructure, we are teaming to help our joint customers more

effectively achieve their strategic objectives.”

For more information about J-Partner Enterprise Solutions Alliances,

please visit http://www.juniper.net/partners/enterprise_alliance.html.

For more information about Juniper’s

EX-series Ethernet switches, please visit http://www.juniper.net/products_and_services/ex_series/index.html.

About Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, Inc. is the leader in high-performance networking.

Juniper offers a high-performance network infrastructure that creates a

responsive and trusted environment for accelerating the deployment of

services and applications over a single network. This fuels

high-performance businesses. Additional information can be found at www.juniper.net.

Juniper Networks, JUNOS and the Juniper Networks logo are registered

trademarks of Juniper Networks, Inc. in the United States and other

countries. All other trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks,

or registered service marks are the property of their respective owners.

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