Juniper Launches World’s Most Powerful Edge Services Engine Enabling Service Providers to Maximize Top Line Revenue

SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire – Oct 11, 2012) – Juniper Networks (NASDAQ:JNPR, news, filings), the industry leader in network innovation, today announced the world’s most powerful edge services router and a single, virtualized platform for rapid deployment of multivendor applications. Combined, the new Juniper Networks® MX2020 3D Universal Edge Router and new JunosV App Engine transform the network edge into a powerful platform for rapid service deployment, speeding time to revenue by up to 69 percent compared to other solutions¹. This helps service providers reverse declining revenue models by removing the complexity and time associated with service deployment.

“Our vision for the new network is to provide innovations that help transform service providers into super providers,” said Rami Rahim, senior vice president, Edge and Aggregation Business Unit, Juniper Networks. “Thousands of MX customers have validated the need for massive scaling and reduced complexity driven by emerging video, applications, and cloud-based services. We see our new edge services engine as the first solution that truly empowers service providers to take control of their business by removing barriers currently hindering innovation and revenue expansion.”

The MX Series router and JunosV App Engine build on recently announced consumer and business services that allow customers to leverage their existing infrastructure to maximize revenue opportunities through rapid service deployment. This solution offers new levels of scale for service providers by delivering a gateway for everything the network has to offer: one system, innovative software services, with unlimited revenue possibilities at unconstrained scale.

News Highlights

• MX2020 and MX2010 3D Universal Edge Routers, the world’s most powerful single-chassis routers, allow service providers to scale up to 67 percent more capacity than any other competitor². At 80 Tbps of capacity, a single MX2020 3D Universal Edge router has enough bandwidth to deliver HD video to the equivalent of every household in New York — and still have room for New Jersey. The routers leverage the Juniper Networks Junos® Trio Chipset with massive 3D scaling across bandwidth, subscribers and services to help service providers deliver mobile Internet, cloud and video services with reduced infrastructure and operational complexity. Existing Trio-based line cards can be used interchangeably in this new chassis, preserving investment protection for customers with MX Series 3D routers already in their infrastructure. The MX2010 3D router supports 40 Tbps of capacity.
• JunosV App Engine with the MX Series 3D router is the first hypervisor for the edge. Service providers can drag and drop existing applications, such as load balancing, security services, online gaming and advertising³, as well as simultaneously operate applications from any vendor to help them drive new streams of revenue quickly.
• MX Virtual Chassis virtualizes broadband or business edge services over multiple MX 3D routers allowing service providers to operate the systems as a single chassis and quickly add new subscribers. Benefits include faster time to provision services, higher resiliency, increased performance and scale.
• Path Computational Element (PCE) on the MX brings programmable properties into the network so that IT managers can find the most efficient paths to optimize on-demand bandwidth requirements.
• Juniper Rapid Assessment is a suite of services to enable simplified integration and testing with operating and business support systems (OSS/BSS), traffic migration, network security, and virtual application development. These services help customers accelerate production deployment and reduce time to revenue. Consultants from Juniper and its partners specialize in multivendor environments across wireless and wireline networks, IP/MPLS technology and security.

Supporting Quotes

• “With data on Telstra’s fixed network doubling approximately every 17 months we need a network that is scalable, resilient and integrated. The Juniper Edge Services Router assists Telstra to manage content delivery, is highly scalable and integrates our networks. Using this equipment in our network assists us to manage the ever increasing volumes of traffic on the Telstra network.” – Mike Wright, executive director, Networks and Access Technologies, Telstra
• “Our ability to build highly scalable networks to support streaming video adoption and complex business applications require network innovators to deliver high performance routers and improved operational efficiency. As network bandwidth and essential business application requirements continue to advance, Juniper’s routing and software solutions empower us with the massive capacity headroom and carrier-grade features to methodically evolve our network with the new world of business.” – Kempei Fukuda, director, Network Services Division, NTT Communications
• “To stay ahead of the rapid pace of mobility and cloud-optimized applications, our enterprise customers need simplified communications services that will scale on-demand and remain highly reliable. Juniper’s networking approach enables us to seamlessly accelerate the delivery of advanced communications services to our customers without being hindered by operational complexity and performance limitations. As a result, we are precisely positioned to improve our customers’ experience and deliver competitive solutions in the future.” – Don MacNeil, chief marketing officer, XO Communications
• SINET connects universities and research institutions within Japan and globally for research collaboration. “In order for us to efficiently manage demand for greater bandwidth, latency-sensitive services and additional users, we needed a more flexible and programmable architecture. Juniper’s innovative approach with the JunosV App Engine is a way for us to seamlessly create and simultaneously operate multiple applications on a single platform, reducing application migration time for future and new-generation Internet.” – Michihiro Aoki, research professor, National Institute of Informatics (NII)
• “We predict that public IT cloud services spending will reach over $40 billion this year and almost $100 billion in 2016. This opportunity, coupled with streaming video and audio driving nearly half of the broadband traffic today and growing, will enable service providers to increase revenue if they capitalize now on the cloud, content, and mobility drivers. This new generation of edge routers optimized to enable virtualized data, voice and video services from a single, scalable platform will enable providers to cost-effectively monetize their networks with new consumer and business services.” – Nav Chander, research manager, Telecom Business Services and Carrier Network Infrastructure, IDC

Additional Resources:

• Relevant Juniper Blog:
  • Universal Edge 2020: Maximizing Service Provider Revenue and Scaling the Edge for the Next Decade
  • Discover New Economics with Universal Edge
  • Network Virtualization for Services
• Foresight Valuation Group Reports:
  • Monetizing Business Edge with Hosted Private Cloud Services
  • Monetizing Broadband Edge Services with TV Everywhere
• Relevant Juniper Website: www.juniper.net/edge
• Juniper.Net Community: www.juniper.net/community
• Juniper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Junipernetworks
• Juniper on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/JuniperNetworks

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¹ ACG Research, “ACG Research: New Service Provider Economics with Network Optimization Services”, 2012 ² A single Juniper MX 2020 router capacity compared to a single Cisco ASR 9000 router ³ Applications listed represent examples and are not limited to these specifically cited