SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2010) - Juniper Networks® (
NYSE:
JNPR) today
announced that it is working with Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., to
deploy a complete end-to-end network infrastructure upgrade with enhanced
location-based E911 services, as validated by
RedSky Technologies.
The campus-wide implementation includes Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet
Switches, the SRX Series Services Gateways, and Juniper's Service Now
Application, powered by the Junos® operating system to address the growing
demand for access to bandwidth-intensive applications for Champlain's new
gaming and visual art programs. In addition to improving the economics and
user experience, the new network infrastructure will also be able to
support emergency calling and other location-based services.
Driven by the need to enhance its academic programs with state of-the-art
technology, Champlain turned to Juniper Networks to evolve its
infrastructure into a world-class technology enabler. Until recently,
deploying E911 services restricted the college's ability to upgrade its
network infrastructure due to the proprietary technology requirements
associated with these critical applications. By teaming with RedSky,
Juniper was able to bridge the gap through comprehensive interoperability
testing, which verified Juniper's ability to seamlessly coexist with
proprietary platforms without compromising performance and security.
"As a world-class facility that provides some of today's most advanced
liberal arts academic programs, we needed a comprehensive network that
could scale an array of intensive network demands," said Paul Dusini,
assistant vice president of Champlain's information systems division.
"Juniper's set of infrastructure solutions exceeded our expectations and
stringent requirements of performance, security and flexibility while
supporting open standards. At the same time, it has enabled us to build a
system that provides critical location-based services, which are often
complex and difficult to provision."
Champlain College is currently deploying Juniper Networks
EX4200 Ethernet Switches with Virtual Chassis technology that
combine the availability and reliability of modular systems while
delivering a high-performance, scalable solution for data center and campus
environments. In addition, Champlain has leveraged a host of Juniper's
security solutions, including the
SRX Series Services Gateway featuring a Unified Threat
Management (UTM) system that delivers advanced IPS, antispam, antivirus,
and Web filtering capabilities.
Champlain will also benefit from Juniper's
Service Now Application
that automates technical support services and the delivery of tailored,
proactive network intelligence, making network operations simpler, more
reliable and cost-effective. Core to this deployment is also the Junos
operating system that lays the foundation with a proven, stable and single
source operating system across the network infrastructure, providing
administrators with improved operational efficiencies that can be easily
customized.
"Being able to pinpoint a caller's exact location when life-threatening
emergencies arise and seconds matter requires a sophisticated technology
infrastructure with the highest levels of security and reliability," said
Mike Banic, vice president of enterprise marketing, Juniper Networks.
"Juniper delivers high-performance networks that embrace partners like
RedSky who support enhanced 911 services for a broad range of IP telephony
systems, lowers customer's total cost of ownership and ensure their choice
and flexibility of implementing the new technology is best aligned with
their needs while integrated with their existing infrastructure."
For additional information on maintaining E911 compliance with the EX
Series, please see the Juniper solution brief at
http://www.juniper.net/us/en/local/pdf/solutionbriefs/3510360-en.pdf.
For this deployment, Juniper worked with
Adaptive Communications, a premier
value-added reseller, designer and installer of enterprise data
networking, enterprise storage and information security solutions in the
Northeast.
About Champlain College
Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont, was founded in 1878 and offers a
distinctive educational approach to professionally focused degrees,
developing life skills and leadership based on critical and creative
thinking. It has nearly 2,000 campus-based undergraduate students and was
named one of the "Top Up-and-Coming Schools" in America and ranked in the
top tier of Best Baccalaureate Colleges in the North by 2010 America's Best
Colleges.
To learn more about Champlain College, visit
www.champlain.edu.
About RedSky
RedSky Technologies Inc. is the leading provider of automated E911 software
solutions for the enterprise. Hundreds of RedSky customers, including 50
Fortune 500® companies, rely on RedSky to automate their E911 processes.
Headquartered in Chicago, RedSky has partnerships with leading
telecommunications platform providers and 911 organizations to help shape
911 policy and deliver technology solutions for E911. For more information
on RedSky, visit
www.redskyE911.com.
About Juniper Networks
From devices to data centers, from consumers to the cloud, Juniper Networks
delivers innovative software, silicon and systems that transform the
experience and economics of networking. The company serves more than 30,000
customers and partners worldwide, and generated more than $3 billion in
revenue over the last year. Additional information can be found at
www.juniper.net.
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Juniper Networks, Inc.
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Lisa Hartman
Juniper Networks, Inc.
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